Lee, who was 51 when he died, was given the death penalty in Arkansas for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese, and now lawyers for his family say someone else’s DNA was found on the murder weapon.

The case that led to Ledell Lee's execution for murder in 2017 is getting new attention after lawyers said DNA testing of the weapon showed another man's genetic material.

Ledell Lee was executed for murder in a flurry of lethal injections that divided the Supreme Court and proceeded despite lawyers' calls for DNA testing. "No one should be executed when there is a ...

Ledell Lee (Benjamin Krain/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, via Associated Press) Thanks to lawyers associated with the Innocence Project and the American Civil Liberties Union, the Times reports ...

Despite maintaining his innocence, Ledell Lee was executed in 2017 for a brutal murder. New DNA evidence from the murder weapon revealed the genetic material of a different man.

Key points For more than 20 years, Ledell Lee maintained his innocence in the brutal murder of Debra Reese, but he was executed in 2017 Work from the Innocence Project and ACLU revealed serious ...

Ledell Lee was executed in Lincoln County, Ark., on April 20, 2017 for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese. He maintained his innocence from when he was arrested until the day he died.

On April 20, 2017, Ledell Lee was executed by the state of Arkansas for murder, with Lee insisting to the end that he was innocent of the crime. A new test of DNA evidence in the case, which the ...

Ledell Lee was put to death in 2017 after being found guilty for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese, his neighbour.

Ledell Lee was executed for murder in a flurry of lethal injections that divided the Supreme Court and proceeded despite lawyers' calls for DNA testing. "No one should be executed ...

Ledell Lee was executed in a flurry of lethal injections that divided the Supreme Court and proceeded despite lawyers’ calls for DNA testing. Officials staunchly defend his conviction.