Execution of Navajo man convicted in 2 killings on hold

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 Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals put it on hold in a split decision Friday.
Mitchell’s attorneys had asked for the stay to investigate potential racial bias by the jury that heard his case. A hea