The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August.
A white supremacist convicted of a triple homicide is scheduled to be the first person to be executed under federal law since 2003 after decision.
Daniel Lewis Lee was scheduled to be executed late last year when a federal court in Washington blocked his scheduled execution. Now his execution has been scheduled for July 13.
Three others will follow him to the federal execution chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana. All four were found guilty of killing children.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor noted that they would have blocked the executions from going forward by hearing the appeal.
The court's action leaves no obstacles standing in the way of the executions, the first of which is scheduled for July 13.
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