Murderer Executed By Lethal Injection In Us Despite Dementia Claims

This undated image obtained from the Kansas Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Wesley Ira Purkey. Kansas Department of Corrections / AFPA 68-year-old murderer was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Indiana on Thursday despite claims by his attorneys that he was suffering from dementia and did not know why he was being put to death.

A reporter for the Indianapolis Star who witnessed the execution said Purkey appeared lucid and aware of his surroundings after being strapped to a gurney. Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, a former white supremacist convicted of the 1996 murders of a family of three, was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday.

But the Supreme Court overturned the lower court orders overnight, clearing the way for Purkey to be put to death.Another federal inmate, Dustin Lee Honken, 52, is to be executed on Friday for five murders including those of two girls aged 10 and six.

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