Ledell Lee,who maintained his innocence in a brutal 1993 murder, becomes the first to die in state’s historic attempt at quick-fire executionsArkansas has executed Ledell Lee, and the first of eight condemned prisoners that the Republican-controlled state had hoped to destroy in the space of just 11 days.
Lee was pronounced dead at 11.46pm local time,just four minutes before his death warrant had been due to race out. The department of corrections had sprung into action shortly after 11.30pm local time on Thursday, after the US supreme court gave its leave for the killing to go ahead. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com