Judge Orders Halt To Federal Executions That Were Set To Resume This Week

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A federal judge has blocked federal executions scheduled for this week, just hours before they were set to resume. The government is likely to appeal her ruling.

Authorities had been on track for the execution of Daniel Lee on Monday afternoon.

, citing the difficulty of traveling to the federal death chamber in Terre Haute, Ind., during the coronavirus pandemic.Circuit overruled the district judge and paved the way for the lethal injection process to proceed. "The federal government has put this family in the untenable position of choosing between their right to witness Danny Lee's execution and their own health and safety," said Baker Kurrus, a lawyer for the relatives.

The legal tug of war is happening even as authorities disclosed a worker at the prison who helped plan this week's executions had tested positive for the coronavirus.

 

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Because not enough people are dying right now.

White House DOJ Barr could care less about the law and its forbidding of cruel and unusual punishment during the Federal governments execution authority that has little to no voter input like State executions that have a bit more voter authority.

I guess 137k deaths in 4 months weren't enough

Thou shall not...

A government should never be in the business of killing its own citizens. Never.

Good news for Trump. Means he can't be executed if/when convicted of treason, a capital crime.

Liberals love their criminals but hate unborn babies

Gov’t already filed appeal. Try to keep up.

Block them forever and for always please.

How can the United States be considered a civilized country when our government still pushes for the death penalty?

As they should...

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