First Person Slated for Federal Execution is White Supremacist Who Murdered a Family

First Person Slated for Federal Execution is White Supremacist Who Murdered a Family
Danny Lee waits for his arraignment hearing, on Oct. 31 1997. Dan Pierce/The Courier via AP, File
Simon Veazey
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The first person slated for execution by the federal government in over 16 years is a white supremacist convicted of suffocating an Arkansas family, including an 8-year-old girl, to death.

Danny Lee, 46, of Yukon, shot the family with a stun gun, and wrapped their heads in plastic bags sealed with duct tape, as he stole cash and guns as part of a plot to bring down the U.S. government and to set up a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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