(Felicia Fonseca | AP file photo) In this Jan. 15, 2019, photo, Jonathan Nez addresses a crowd after he was sworn in as president of the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Nez has asked President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of fellow tribe member Lezmond Mitchell to life in prison. Nez cited the tribe's longstanding opposition to the death penalty in a July 31 letter to Trump. Mitchell is scheduled to be executed on Aug. 26.
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