Daniel Lee, father of Tiffany Lee, wipes his face as he leaves the podium after a statement by his attorney at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, was executed at 6:29 p.m. for the slaying of Lee's 9-year-old daughter Tiffany and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Anti-death penalty protesters gather across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Anti-death penalty protesters ring a bell at the scheduled execution time as they gather across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Sister Barbara Battista speaks to the crows of death penalty protestors gathered across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)A death penalty protestor carries a sign across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Death penalty protestors gather across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Death penalty protestors hold up signs across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)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)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Attorney Colleen Clase, left, reads a statement by Daniel Lee, father of Tiffany Lee, at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, was executed at 6:29 p.m. for the slaying of Lee's 9-year-old daughter Tiffany and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)This undated photo provided by Michael B. Slim shows shows his grandmother Alyce Slim in Window Rock, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation. Alyce Slim and her granddaughter were killed in 2001 on the reservation. One of the men who was convicted in their deaths is on federal death row, scheduled to be executed Aug. 26, 2020. (Michael B. Slim via AP)FILE - In this July 17, 2020, file photo the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown. Indiana State Police agreed Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 to stop blocking roads to the prison where federal executions resumed last month and are set to continue, backing down after anti-death penalty activists said in a lawsuit the roadblocks impeded their speech rights. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)Members of Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona demonstrate against the scheduled execution of the only Native American on federal death row, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix. Lezmond Mitchell, who was tried at that courthouse, is set to die Wednesday for the 2001 slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago on the Navajo Nation, though many Navajos are hoping for last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump to halt the execution. (AP Photo/Terry Tang)Auska Mitchell holds a photograph of his nephew, Lezmond Mitchell, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in the Phoenix area. 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)File - In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Jonathan Nez addresses a crowd after he was sworn in as president of the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Nez has asked President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of fellow tribe member Lezmond Mitchell to life in prison. Nez cited the tribe's longstanding opposition to the death penalty in a July 31, 2020, letter to Trump. Mitchell is scheduled to be executed on Aug. 26. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)Anti-death penalty protesters gather across the street from the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, is set to die Wednesday for the slayings of a 9-year-old and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Daniel Lee, father of Tiffany Lee, wipes his face as he leaves the podium after a statement by his attorney at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row, was executed at 6:29 p.m. for the slaying of Lee's 9-year-old daughter Tiffany and her grandmother nearly two decades ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
