Mitchell execution wrong on so many levels

The US Federal Government is determined to execute Lezmund Mitchell today despite the Navajo Nation's request to spare him from the death penalty.  ("Trump prepares to execute Lezmund Mitchell") There's something wrong with this situation at many different levels.  

Two Navajo men were convicted of murdering a Navajo grandmother and her 9-year-old grandchild and stealing their vehicle.  When we go down a reservation road, there are  many hitchhikers with their thumbs out asking for a ride.  Most people don't stop because of violent hitchhiker stories such as the grizzly murders that Mitchell was involved in.  According to Mitchell, he did not commit the killings, Johnny Oslinger (his accomplice) committed the killings.  But his accomplice is not facing the death penalty because he was a minor at the time of the murders.  For some reason, minors committing gruesome murders do not get the death penalty in America.  They only get life in prison.  But Mitchell is scheduled for execution this evening at 6:00 PM Eastern Time because he was the "adult" in the crime.  Oslinger will continue to live with life in prison.

At the international level, the US and the Navajo Nation are suppose to have a "nation-to-nation" relationship.  But in Mitchell's situation, the US rejects the "nation-to-nation" relation by ignoring the Navajo Nation's request to spare Mitchell of the death penalty.  By doing so, the US government weakens itself as a nation whose word and laws are not worth believing and honoring.  One famous judge said "great nations, like great men, should keep their word."  The US passed the Federal Death Penalty Act promising not to impose the death penalty on tribal members whose tribes opt-out of the death penalty.  By finding a loophole in the law, the US disregards its promise, and its relations with other sovereigns.  If carried out by the end of the day, the execution will create an awkward situation between American and tribal leaders.  It will be hard to regard the US as a great nation.  What are the tribal leaders suppose to do?  

As for Mitchell, one perspective that has not really been heard is the voice of Daniel Lee, the father of the slain girl.  In one interview, Lee stated that he supports Mitchell's execution for depriving him of of his daughter.  

"On Sunday, the Associated Press ran a report on the enduring impact of the crime on the community, which quoted Daniel Lee. “He took my daughter away, and no remorse or anything like that,” Lee said about Mitchell. “The Navajo Nation president, the council, they don’t speak for me. I speak for myself and for my daughter.”"

In fact, Lee said that he was going to attend the execution in person in Indiana.  Our Navajo leaders have yet to address Lee's statement. 

Navajo President slams Christianity

President Nez is asking President Trump to commute Lezmund Mitchell's capital  sentence.  ("Navajo Nation Urges Trump to Commute Sentence of Only Native American on Federal Death Row").    Nez wrote:  

"This request honors our religious and traditional beliefs, the Navajo Nation's long-standing position on the death penalty for Native Americans, and our respect for the decision of the victim's family." 

"Our religious and traditional beliefs"?  Is he talking about Navajo or Christian beliefs?  I thought Nez was Christian. So how can he claim Navajo traditional belief?  Doesn't the Vice-President take offense?  President Nez is a fraud.  He needs to be honest with the United States government, his own Dine people, and his Christian followers.    President Nez is really against traditional Navajo religion, but he uses it to his benefit only when it suits him, like many others.  

Recall Nez and Lizer 2

Move over Prez Nez!  We want Chairman Frazer from Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe as our president.  While our people suffer and die during this pandemic, you just sit on the money, just get interviewed in your fancy suits, and do a victory dance against your people on Tik Tok.  How disgusting.  Some of us didn’t vote for you.  Others just didn’t want several more years of Shirley.  I hope Shirley doesn’t run again to spare us of more horrible presidents.  Chairman Frazier is protecting his people from those potentially positive bike riders, something that Nez should have done, protecting us from those Covid-19 church gatherings.  We desperately want some real leadership.  He needs to oppose the schools reopening to protect us.  What ever happened to the white collar crime investigation into the Disneyland trips?  

Lezmund Mitchell set to be executed in two weeks, unless Trump intervenes

Over a decade ago, one young Navajo man tortured  and killed a grandmother and her  grandchild.  He carjacked the vehicle.  Now he is on deathrow for his crimes scheduled to be executed in two weeks on August 26, 2020.  There was a law  that allowed tribes to opt-out of capital punishment for tribal members on death row.  Navajo Nation opted out of capital punishment, but lawyers under  the Trump administration found a loophole in the federal law and are now seeking to get this Navajo man executed quickly.  There is a petition circulating among advocates asking President Trump to spare  this man's life.  On the  Navajo reservation, there are  many violent and evil people.  I hope that these people are looking at this case to see if the Navajo man's life get spared.  Taking a life should not be taken lightly.  People tend to think that what they do does not affect others.  But here, there are a lot of people trying to protect this Navajo man's life, even though he ended two people's lives himself.  From all side, where is the fairness?  

Letter from Native Americans Asking Pres. Trump to Commute Lezmond Mitchell's Death Sentence