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Thu Nov 21, 2019, 01:28 AM Nov 2019

Judge halts all scheduled federal executions

Source: Politico

By JOSH GERSTEIN
11/20/2019 10:39 PM EST

A judge has blocked the scheduled executions of four federal death row inmates, effectively freezing the Trump administration’s effort to resume imposing the death penalty in a federal system that saw its last execution more than a decade and a half ago.

The order issued Wednesday night by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan halts four executions that U.S. officials planned to carry out starting next month.

The only other execution that officials had put on the calendar, also for December, was blocked last month by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

In July, Attorney General William Barr announced plans to resume executions at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. He suggested the practice had been allowed to languish for too long and said it would deliver justice in cases involving what he called the “worst criminals.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/20/judge-blocks-scheduled-federal-executions-072384

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Judge halts all scheduled federal executions (Original Post) swag Nov 2019 OP
But, he's working with the worst criminals. TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #1
To Tanya........THANK YOU FOR YOUR HUMANITY.... pbmus Nov 2019 #2
"worst criminals." You first, Barr! dchill Nov 2019 #3
Now If they were politicians... Historic NY Nov 2019 #4
Right. A pack of treasonous politicians may be quietly breathing a sigh of relief. mpcamb Nov 2019 #6
I can think of one execution I wouldn't mind happening. olddad65 Nov 2019 #5
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