Posted by on July 25, 2019 5:31 pm
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William Barr announces he has reinstated a policy dormant for 16 years, following authorization from Congress and signing by Trump

The US government is set to carry out the death penalty for the first time in 16 years, William Barr, the attorney general, announced on Thursday, despite criticism of capital punishment as “immoral and deeply flawed”.

The justice department scheduled the execution of five death row federal inmates for December and January.

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