The execution is the second of three that the government has scheduled in quick succession later this month, marking a resumption of the federal death penalty following a 17-year hiatus.
This week, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume federal executions when justices denied a challenge from four convicted murderers, including Purkey, who argued that federal executions must adhere to the specific protocols used by the states where each man was sentenced, including the method of execution.
Federal District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that the executions would conflict with provisions of a 1994 federal law, under which the federal government is supposed to follow protocols used by the states in which the prisoners were sentenced. That ruling was upheld by a three-judge federal appeals court panel.
At the prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, where the federal death chamber is housed, one inmate has died and five inmates were infected.
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