WASHINGTON: A US appeals court has issued a ruling that would allow for the first federal execution in 17 years on Monday (Jul 13), pending a ...
Huntsville Penitentiary in Texas -- the US may resume federal executions after 17 years AFP/PAUL BUCKWASHINGTON: A US appeals court has issued a ruling that would allow for the first federal execution in 17 years on Monday , pending a last-minute application to the Supreme Court.
But a temporary injunction by the Southern District of Indiana district court was lifted by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Sunday, clearing the way for the execution to go ahead.The victims' family will take their appeal"to the US Supreme Court in an effort to seek reversal", their lawyer Baker Kurrus said in a statement Sunday.
Most offences in the US are tried at the state level but the federal government takes up the most serious cases, such as terror attacks or racist crimes.In the last 45 years, only three people have been put to death by the federal government, including Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of bombing a federal government building in 1995, killing 168 people, and executed in 2001.
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