Federal government exercises death penalty after 17-year halt

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His victims’ family members say that Lee should have been given the same sentence as the man who recruited him. There were plenty of concerns about social distancing and mask wearing, as the first federal execution was set in the middle of a pandemic. 

There are no further federal execution plans currently announced. 

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