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Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment

Department of Justice issues press release

Memorandum on Use of Private Prisons Rescinded

(BOP) - On Thursday, July 25, 2019, the Department of Justice issued a press release stating that Attorney General William P. Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons to adopt an addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and schedule the executions of five death row inmates.