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THREAD: About how Native voices are silenced and tribal sovereignty overruled by tonight's federal execution of #LezmondMitchell taking place over the objections of his and his victims' tribe (#Navajo). People from diverse tribal nations are calling on 45 to commute the sentence.
“To carry out Lezmond Mitchell’s execution, despite the profound infringement on tribal sovereignty that his case represents, would be a grave injustice,” by @NavajoCouncil delegate Carl Slater via @nytimes: nytimes.com/2020/08/19/opi…
“The cultural values of Navajo Nation specifically disavow murder as punishment. No one will be made whole by Mr. Mitchell’s execution,” writes Barbara Creel, Director of the Southwest Indian Law Clinic and law professor at the University of New Mexico. medium.com/@creelesq/sche…
In 3 weeks, the federal government plans to continue its executions on the federal row, with the execution of #LezmondMitchell, the only Native American on the federal row. This is over the objections of the Navajo Nation, of which Mitchell & his 2 victims are/were members.
.@DPInfoCtr reports this will be the first time in more than 50 years that the federal govt will execute a Native person for a crime committed against other members of their tribe on tribal lands. Navajo Nation officials oppose the death penalty for Mitchell... #LezmondMitchell
...as antithetical to their culture and practices. Mitchell unsuccessfully attempted to challenge his conviction and sentence over exclusions of Native Americans from the jury and racial bias. His execution is set for August 26th. #LezmondMitchell
