Federal death row inmates received a temporary reprieve when a judge in Washington, D.C., preliminarily prohibited their executions, throwing a wrench—for now at least—into the Trump administration’s plans to resume federal executions after a decade-plus hiatus.
“This decision prevents the government from evading accountability and making an end-run around the courts by attempting to execute prisoners under a protocol that has never been authorized by Congress,” said Shawn Nolan, a federal defender in Pennsylvania representing one of the men facing execution.
“By granting the preliminary injunction, the court has made clear that no execution should go forward while there are ...