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Federal Gov’t Schedules Four Executions, Breaking Nearly 2-Decade Moratorium

HeadlineJun 16, 2020

The federal government has scheduled the execution of four prisoners this summer, including three next month. They will be the first federal executions in nearly two decades, after the Trump administration reinstated federal capital punishment last year.

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