Attorney General William Barr just ordered the first five federal executions of death row inmates for the first time since 2003!
“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 said in defense of his decision to reinstate the federal death penalty.
According to the DOJ, the two inmates whose execution dates Barr scheduled had “exhausted their appellate and post-conviction remedies, and currently no legal impediments prevent their executions.”
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