WASHINGTON, July 13 — The first execution of a federal prisoner in more than 17 years was due to take place later today, the culmination of an effort by the Trump administration to revive the US government’s use of a punishment long mired in legal challenges. Unless a federal court orders a...
Monday, 13 Jul 2020 07:56 PM MYTWASHINGTON, July 13 — The first execution of a federal prisoner in more than 17 years was due to take place later today, the culmination of an effort by the Trump administration to revive the US government’s use of a punishment long mired in legal challenges.
Efforts to resume capital punishment at the federal level were under way within a few months of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017, ending a de facto moratorium that began under his predecessor, Barack Obama, while long-running legal challenges to lethal injections played out in federal courts.
The coronavirus pandemic has prevented some of the lawyers of inmates on death row from visiting their clients. At least one employee involved in the executions tested positive for COVID-19, the Justice Department said on the weekend. A European Union ban on selling drugs for use in executions or torture has led to pharmaceutical companies refusing to sell such drugs to US prison systems.
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