FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The only Native American on federal death row lost a bid Thursday to push back his execution date. Unless Lezmond Mitchell gets relief from another court or is granted clemency, he will be put to death on Aug. 26 at the federal prison in Indiana where he’s […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has stayed the execution of a Navajo man convicted of the murder of a 63-year-old fellow tribal member and her 9-year-old granddaughter. Lezmond Mitchell is the only Native American on federal death row. His execution was scheduled for Dec. 11. But the 9th […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a coal-fired power plant and adjacent mine near the Arizona-New Mexico border. Environmental groups had targeted a 25-year lease extension for the Navajo Mine and the Four Corners Power Plant in […]
