US executes Wesley Purkey, second federal execution in 17 years
If a third convicted murderer is put to death on Friday as planned, President Donald Trump's administration will have completed as many federal executions in a single week as occurred in 57 years.
Reverend Sylvester Edwards, President of the Terre Haute NAACP, stands near the Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, to express his opposition to the death penalty and execution of Daniel Lewis Lee. July 13, 2020(photo credit: BRYAN WOOLSTON/REUTERS)ByREUTERS
