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Thursday, July 25, 2019
US federal government to resume executions after 16 years: Justice Department
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Attorney General Bill Barr announces that the federal government will resume implementing capital punishment after a 16-year hiatus and set execution dates for five convicted murderers.
Acting on US President Donald Trump’s call for tougher penalties on violent crimes, Barr directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to adopt a new protocol for execution by lethal injection, as 14 of its states already do, to clear the way to carry out death sentences.
“The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system,” Barr says in a statement.
— AFP
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