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Supreme Court keeps federal executions on hold

By MARK SHERMAN dates in January. The federal appeals court
Associated Press Attorney General William in Washington had ear-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Barr announced during lier denied the administra-
Supreme Court on Friday the summer that federal tion’s emergency plea to
blocked the Trump admin- executions would resume put Chutkan’s ruling on
istration from restarting fed- using a single drug, pento- hold and allow the execu-
eral executions next week barbital, to put inmates to tions to proceed.
after a 16-year break. death.U.S. District Judge Federal executions are
The justices denied the ad- Tanya Chutkan in Wash- likely to remain on hold at
ministration’s plea to undo ington, D.C., temporarily least for several months,
a lower court ruling in fa- halted the executions af- while the appeals court in
vor of inmates who have ter some of the chosen in- Washington undertakes a
been given execution mates challenged the new full review of Chutkan’s rul-
dates. The first of those had execution procedures in ing.
been scheduled for Mon- court. Chutkan ruled that The Supreme Court justices
day, with a second set for the procedure approved directed the appeals court In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at
Friday. Two more inmates by Barr likely violates the to act “with appropriate sunset in Washington.
had been given execution Federal Death Penalty Act. dispatch.”q Associated Press