Lezmond Mitchell

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Lezmond Charles Mitchell (September 17, 1981 – August 26, 2020) was a Native-American criminal who was executed by the United States federal government for the 2001 murders of Alyce Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter Tiffany Lee in Apache County, Arizona. Mitchell and an accomplice, Johnny Orsinger, killed Slim and Lee through repeated stab wounds and bludgeoning during the course of a carjacking, and since this is qualified as a federal offense, Mitchell was tried and convicted in federal court. His case sparked controversy as the Navajo Nation tribe he was a part of openly opposed the government's plans for his execution, along with Mitchell himself maintaining that he was involved in the murders but was not the mastermind behind them. Mitchell was the only Native American on death row until his execution via lethal injection on August 26, 2020.

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