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Justice Department says it will RESUME federal capital punishment after nearly two-decade break and schedules executions for five death-row inmates

The U.S. Justice Department has scheduled the execution of five death-row federal inmates, after Attorney General William Barr announced he has reinstated the federal government's use of capital punishment after a nearly two-decade hiatus.

'Congress has expressly authorized the death penalty through legislation adopted by the people´s representatives in both houses of Congress and signed by the President,' Barr said in a statement on Thursday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7285981/Justice-Department-says-RESUME-capital-punishment-two-decade-break.html

 

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