Supreme Court Blocks DOJ From Resuming Federal Executions

Supreme Court Blocks DOJ From Resuming Federal Executions

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The transcript discusses the resumption of federal executions after a 16-year hiatus. The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court's decision that halted executions due to legal challenges against the new lethal injection protocol. The ruling is a setback for the administration, which had planned to end a moratorium on the federal death penalty. The Bureau of Prisons adopted a new protocol using pentobarbital, but executions are delayed pending an appeals court review.

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