U.S. attorney general orders execution dates set for four federal inmates

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the first executions of federal death-row inmates since 2003, the Justice Department said. Barr directed that execution dates for four federal inmates who were convicted of murdering children be set for July and August, the department said in a statement. The Trump administration's plan to resume federal executions has been held up by court fights over the drugs used in lethal injections.

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