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This undated family photo provided by Auska Mitchell shows Lezmond Mitchell, who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 2001 killing of Alyce Slim and her granddaughter. The Navajo government is pushing to spare his life on the basis cultural beliefs and sovereignty. Mitchell was the first Native American sentenced to death since the resumption of the federal death penalty in 1994 and the only Native American awaiting his punishment. (Courtesy Auska Mitchell via AP)

Lezmond Mitchell, Navajo murderer, executed

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Auska Mitchell holds a photograph of his nephew, Lezmond Mitchell, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Goodyear, Ariz. Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Aug. 26, and the Navajo government is pushing to spare his life on the basis of cultural beliefs and sovereignty. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Only Native American on federal death row executed

By MICHAEL TARM and FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Auska Mitchell holds a photograph of his nephew, Lezmond Mitchell, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in Goodyear, Ariz. Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Aug. 26, and the Navajo government is pushing to spare his life on the basis of cultural beliefs and sovereignty. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Execution of Native American man stirs emotion within tribe

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Navajo man loses latest bid to delay federal execution

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Native American man seeks further delay of federal execution

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Navajo Nation president asks Trump to commute death sentence

Associated Press

Execution set for sole Native American on federal death row

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

This July 7, 2010, file photo shows Nebraska's lethal injection chamber at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb. On July 29, 2020, the U.S. government announced an execution date was set for the only Native American on federal death row, a penalty opposed by the Navajo Nation but upheld by federal appeals courts. (AP Photo/Nate Jenkins, File) **FILE**

Lezmond Mitchell, only Native American on federal death row, has execution date set

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Execution of Navajo man convicted in 2 killings on hold

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