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Court upholds death penalty for only Native American on U.S. death row

WASHINGTON – An appeals court Thursday upheld the death sentence for Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, and one of five inmates targeted last year for execution under a revived federal death penalty policy. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Mitchell’s argument that he had […]

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