Kansas Department of Corrections image shows death row inmate Wesley Ira Purkey. He is scheduled to be executed on July 15, 2020. — AFP pic
Purkey, of Kansas, was convicted in 2003 for the 1998 rape, murder and dismemberment of 16-year-old Jennifer Long. He was also found guilty of beating an 80-year-old woman to death with a hammer. Although a District Court judge yesterday blocked his execution to allow for a hearing on his mental competency, this was overturned by the Supreme Court overnight, court documents showed.
“Though he has long accepted responsibility for his crime, he no longer has a rational understanding of why the government plans to execute him,” Woodman said. The death penalty was reinstated at federal level in 1988 but had only been carried out three times before the execution of Lee — the last time in 2003.
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