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Lezmond Charles Mitchell, Petitioner v. United States *** capital case ***

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Case Number:

20-5398

Court:

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit:

Prisoner Petition

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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."

  4. 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.

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