The Supreme Court early Thursday cleared the way for a second federal execution in as many days. The vote to allow the execution to go forward was 5-4, with the court's four liberal members dissenting.
Protesters against the death penalty gather in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, July 15, 2020. TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- The Supreme Court early Thursday cleared the way for a second federal execution in as many days.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that "proceeding with Purkey's execution now, despite the grave questions and factual findings regarding his mental competency, casts a shroud of constitutional doubt over the most irrevocable of injuries." She was joined by fellow liberal justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.
Purkey's execution had been scheduled for Wednesday at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. On Tuesday, Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death at the facility after his eleventh-hour legal bids failed. It was the first federal execution after a 17-year hiatus.
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