Trump-Appointed Federal Judges Allow DOJ to Resume Federal Executions by Jerry Lambe | 2:22 pm, April 7th, 2020
A federal appellate court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday cleared the way for the Department of Justice to resume its execution initiative, voting 2-1 to lift a lower court’s November ruling prevented the policy from taking effect.
The three-judge panel issued an 88-page per curiam decision, meaning each judge’s vote was based on different legal reasoning, but ultimately ruling in favor of allowing the DOJ to resume executions.
