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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Boyle, Francis A
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 22, 2017 6:33 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Gorsuch's First Vote Hastens an Arkansas Execution of a Black Man<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">In his first vote on the nation's highest court, newly appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch cast the deciding vote in favor of putting Lee to death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Gorsuch says he is Catholic. In fact, Gorsuch worships at the altar of the White Racist Federalist Society-- Hijacking Justice all  along the</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Portside moderator [<a href="mailto:moderator@PORTSIDE.ORG">mailto:moderator@PORTSIDE.ORG</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 21, 2017 11:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:PORTSIDE@LISTS.PORTSIDE.ORG">PORTSIDE@LISTS.PORTSIDE.ORG</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Gorsuch's First Vote Hastens an Arkansas Execution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__portside.org_2017-2D04-2D22_gorsuchs-2Dfirst-2Dvote-2Dhastens-2Darkansas-2Dexecution&d=DwMDaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=I1VqfcpgK-Gsg3UUVE62_-VI4RJhVjHz9PGpbfKl2jY&m=9918WPb-pCJyZ7McGxds7lBioX0Q2iRHik8qeGtG6zA&s=uEQenWtiH3toU8eb3mzeXEt-_2JsRxa5MNK6NutVJXY&e="><span style="color:firebrick">Gorsuch's
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<span class="date-display-single">April 21, 2017</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ledell Lee received "inadequate representation at every stage of his case."</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After a protracted legal battle, Arkansas carried out its first execution since 2005 using the controversial drug midazolam. Ledell Lee, who was convicted
 of murder in 1995, died on Thursday night at 11:56 p.m., 12 minutes after receiving the lethal drug cocktail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Tonight the lawful sentence of a jury which has been upheld by the courts through decades of challenges has been carried out," Arkansas Attorney General
 Leslie Rutledge said in a statement. "I pray this lawful execution helps bring closure for the Reese family."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lee's execution was part of Arkansas' plan to put eight men to death in the span of 11 days. The rushed schedule was prompted by concerns that the state's
 supply of Midazolam was going to expire at the end of the month. But the plan was criticized from a number of different quarters, including by
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Arkansas also suffered a series of legal setbacks. On April 6, one of the inmates received an emergency stay after the Arkansas Parole Board recommended
 clemency. One week later, Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order that blocked six of the executions, and the Arkansas Supreme Court issued an emergency stay blocking the seventh. A few days later on April 17,
 the state's Supreme Court halted the executions scheduled for that day, but the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court ruling allowing Arkansas to move forward with the other executions. On Wednesday, the Arkansas Supreme Court halted the execution
 of the Stacey Johnson, who was scheduled to be put to death on the same day as Lee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">According to the
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 his mother to testify at the trial. His post-conviction attorney suffered from substance abuse problems and would ramble incoherently during hearings. Lee's lawyers and anti-capital punishment activists also raised questions about the conflicts of officials
 involved in his trial.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Throughout the process, Lee has maintained his innocence, arguing the eyewitness testimony was flawed. One of his lawyers has criticized the state for rushing
 through the execution before DNA testing that might have exonerated Lee could be done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The hours before Lee's execution were filled with appeals, even reaching the US Supreme Court, which issued a temporary stay as they reviewed his legal arguments
 on Thursday evening before voting 5 to 4 in favor of moving forward with the execution. In his first vote on the nation's highest court, newly appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch cast the deciding vote in favor of putting Lee to death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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