This undated family photo provided by Auska Mitchell shows Lezmond Mitchell. Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed 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. (Photo courtesy Auska Mitchell via AP)
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