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US carries out first federal execution in 17 years

By Mike Brest, Jerry Dunleavy
Published July 14, 2020 12:51pm ET
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US carries out first federal execution in 17 years
A federal appeals court gave new life to a lawsuit filed by Alabama death row inmates against the state government's lethal injection protocol. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) | Eric Risberg

The United States government carried out the first federal execution in nearly two decades on Tuesday.

Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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