(CNN) Daniel Lewis Lee, a convicted killer, was executed Tuesday morning in the first federal execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court issued an overnight ruling that it could proceed. The Supreme Court cleared the way for the resumption of the federal death penalty in an unsigned order released after 2 a.m. The court wiped away a lower court order temporarily blocking the execution of Lee in a 5-4 vote. A federal judge blocked the planned execution of Lee, and three others, citing ongoing challenges to the federal government's lethal injection protocol. In 2019, Barr moved to reinstate the federal death penalty after a nearly two decade lapse.

Source: CNN July 14, 2020 09:08 UTC