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Lezmond Charles Mitchell, Petitioner v. United States *** capital case ***
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December 21, 2020
Biggest Native American Rulings From The 2nd Half Of 2020
Federally recognized tribes won a D.C. Circuit decision that Alaska Native corporations aren't eligible for certain COVID-19 funding, the U.S. Supreme Court cemented tribes' rights to reservations under their treaties, and two tribes had a hand in fighting against the federal government's effort to shorten the census.
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August 26, 2020
Navajo Man Executed Despite Tribe's Calls For Clemency
Navajo citizen Lezmond Mitchell was executed at an Indiana federal prison Wednesday for a 2001 double murder, a sentence carried out over the objections of many tribal advocates and the Navajo Nation itself, which opposes the death penalty.
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August 20, 2020
Govt. Tells High Court Not To Take Up Navajo Death Row Case
The federal government on Thursday urged the Supreme Court not to grant a petition for certiorari to Lezmond Mitchell, a Navajo man on death row, saying his attempts to reopen a final judgment amount to a "fishing expedition."
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August 19, 2020
Navajo Man On Death Row Seeks High Court Execution Stay
Lezmond Mitchell, a Navajo man on death row and scheduled for execution on Aug. 26, filed an application for a stay Wednesday with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.