US carries out first federal execution in 17 years

The US government has carried out its first execution in 17 years, putting to death convicted murderer Daniel Lee after the Supreme Court cleared the way overnight, a US Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman said.The execution had been held up by a US District Court in Washington, which yesterday ordered the US Justice Department to delay four executions scheduled for July and August.

Lee, a former white supremacist, was convicted with another man of murdering a family of three during a robbery intended to help fund the founding of an "Aryan Peoples Republic". According to prosecutors, the pair robbed Mueller to steal guns that they planned to sell to finance the founding of a white supremacist "Aryan Peoples Republic" in the Pacific Northwest.

Earlene Peterson, 81, whose daughter and granddaughter were killed, has campaigned against Lee's death sentence, saying she wants him to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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