His legal team said Purkey was mentally unfit for execution, arguing that he had dementia, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. His team claims he was so unwell, he could not remember key dates or names and could not meet with legal and mental health professionals for extended periods of time.
“I deeply regret the pain and suffering I caused to Jennifer’s family. I am deeply sorry … I deeply regret the pain I caused to my daughter, who I love so very much. This sanitized murder really does not serve no purpose whatsoever. Thank you,” Purkey said before a prison official administered lethal injection.
White supremacist claims innocence, gets the death penalty
Daniel Lewis Lee was recruited by Chevie Kehoe to try to make a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990’s. In 1996, they murdered a Little Rock, Arkansas, family while trying to steal their guns and $50,000.
In regards to the murder, Lee was given the death penalty and Kehoe was sentenced to life in prison. In his final moments, Lee said he was a flawed person, but was not a murderer.
