The US Justice Department will resume in July 2020 federal executions at a prison in Terre Haute, IndianaAmericaAttorney General Bill Barr announced a year ago he intended to resume the use of the death penalty for federal crimesThe United States will resume federal executions on July 13, after a 17-year stay, the Justice Department said Monday. There have been just three federal executions since the death penalty was reinstated by the US government in 1988. Attorney General Bill Barr announced a year ago he intended to resume the use of the death penalty for federal crimes. But at the last minute, the US Supreme Court refused to lift a stay on federal executions, saying that -- "in light of what is at stake" -- the block on executions should be reviewed by an appeals court. Trump, who is a fervent advocate of the death penalty and has even said it should be applied against drug dealers, did not grant her appeal.

Source: Standard Digital June 16, 2020 00:33 UTC