Wesley Ira Purkey, 67, is scheduled to be executed on December 13, 2019 Attorneys for one of the five federal death row inmates newly scheduled for execution have opened up multiple last-ditch legal challenges in a bid to spare his life, including petitioning President Donald Trump for clemency. Wesley Ira Purkey, 67, is scheduled to be executed on December 13, 2019 for the rape, murder and dismemberment of 16-year-old Jennifer Long in his Kansas home in 1998. He was also convicted of beating 80-year-old Mary Bales to death with a hammer. Last month, Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the federal government would resume executions for the first time since 2003, setting execution dates for Purkey and four other death row inmates whom he called 'the worst criminals.' 'Mr. Purkey is not 'the worst of the worst,'' his attorney Rebecca Woodman said in a statement to DailyMail.com on Tuesday. 'He is a man who grew up in a house of horrors, beaten and humiliated by both … [Read more...] about One of five federal death row inmates set for execution, who raped and dismembered teen girl and beat an 80-year-old woman to death, petitions Donald Trump for clemency and claims he ‘isn’t the worst of the worst’
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US Supreme Court rejects Government’s request to resume federal executions, sparing the life of white supremacist who murdered a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl
The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift a stay on federal executions, temporarily thwarting plans by President Donald Trump's Justice Department to imminently resume capital punishment. There have been just three federal executions since the death penalty was reinstated by the government in 1988, the last one 16 years ago. The Justice Department wants to resume the use of the death penalty for federal crimes, and the next execution could have taken place as soon as Monday. The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift a stay on federal executions, temporarily thwarting plans by President Donald Trump's Justice Department to imminently resume capital punishment Daniel Lewis Lee, an avowed white supremacist, was scheduled to be put to death on Monday for the 1996 murder of a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl Daniel Lewis Lee, an avowed white supremacist, was scheduled to be put to death for the 1996 murder of a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl. … [Read more...] about US Supreme Court rejects Government’s request to resume federal executions, sparing the life of white supremacist who murdered a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl
Lawyers for federal death row inmate, 55, who tortured, molested and killed his two-year-old daughter file stay of execution, arguing prisoner is intellectually disabled
Alfred Bourgeois, 55, is scheduled to be executed on January 13, 2020 Attorneys for a federal death row inmate who was convicted of molesting and killing his two-year-old daughter have filed a motion arguing he should be spared execution due to intellectual disability. Alfred Bourgeois, 55, is one of the five federal inmates whose execution was scheduled by Attorney General Bill Barr last month, after a 16-year lapse in federal executions. On Thursday, attorneys for Bourgeois filed for a stay of execution arguing that his IQ had been tested on two occasions at 70 and 75, and had been 'corrected under clinically—accepted standards to 67 and 68.' Historically, IQ scores below 70 have been the prime factor for a diagnosis of intellectual disability, otherwise known as mental retardation. 'Alfred Bourgeois is intellectually disabled and constitutionally ineligible for the death penalty,' his attorney Victor Abreu said in a statement to … [Read more...] about Lawyers for federal death row inmate, 55, who tortured, molested and killed his two-year-old daughter file stay of execution, arguing prisoner is intellectually disabled
PICTURED: Four of the first five men to be killed by the federal government since 2003: Murderers whose victims all include children will be executed in months as their attorneys plead for leniency
These are the five federal prisoners who are set to be executed within months following a surprise announcement by the Justice Department on Thursday that the federal government will resume capital punishment for the first time since 2003. Daniel Lewis Lee, 46; Lezmond Charles Mitchell, 37; Wesley Ira Purkey, 67; Alfred Bourgeois, 55; and Dustin Lee Honken, 51, are scheduled to be executed in December or January. All are convicted murderers whose victims include children, and in some cases the children were horribly tortured and sexually abused. The condemned men are being held on federal death row at Terre Haute USP in Indiana, and the Justice Department says all five have exhausted their appeals and post-conviction remedies. However, attorneys for some of the men have already spoken out, pleading for leniency based on the traumatic childhoods of the murderers and alleged legal lapses at trial - though so far none have argued actual innocence. … [Read more...] about PICTURED: Four of the first five men to be killed by the federal government since 2003: Murderers whose victims all include children will be executed in months as their attorneys plead for leniency
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Meet the 10 new queens competing for the UK’s first Drag Race Superstar title… with one of the contestants previously working WITH Michelle Visage
The RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants have been unveiled with ten new drag queens competing for the UK's first Drag Race Superstar title. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of US stars Bianca Del Rio, Aquaria and Jinkx Monsoon, the queens will show off their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent under the watchful eyes of judges RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr. With one queen a West End star previously working with the likes of judge Michelle and season six winner Bianca Del Rio and another with 30.4K followers, some of the new contestants may already be recognisable to fans. Start your engines! The RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants have been unveiled with ten new drag queens competing for the UK's first Drag Race Superstar title The ten queens announced are Baga Chipz, Blu Hydrangea, Divina De Campo, Crystal, Sum Ting Wong, Cheryl Hole, Gothy … [Read more...] about RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Meet the 10 new queens competing for the UK’s first Drag Race Superstar title… with one of the contestants previously working WITH Michelle Visage
