How Merrick Garland stymied one of Donald Trump’s day one …
18 hours ago · Garland’s decision is both a bold parting gift to abolitionists by an attorney general who was often the target of criticism for his seeming ambivalence about capital punishment and an example ...
Trump signs pro-death penalty order, calls capital punishment an ...
6 hours ago · In July 2021, under President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium on federal executions while the Department of Justice conducted a review of its policies and ...
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on …
Jul 1, 2021 · Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and procedures is pending.
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to …
1 day ago · Trump’s order comes days after Garland withdrew the Justice Department’s protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital, after a government review raised concerns about the potential for “unnecessary pain and suffering.” The protocol could be imposed by Trump’s new acting Attorney General James …
Buffalo supermarket mass shooting Garland's first death penalty …
Jan 13, 2024 · Under Garland’s watch and a president who vowed to abolish the death penalty, the Justice Department took on no new death penalty cases. That changed Friday as federal prosecutors said they would...
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland imposes moratorium on …
Jul 2, 2021 · The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.
Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
Jul 2, 2021 · The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months.
The Justice Department Is Pausing Federal Executions After They ... - NPR
Jul 2, 2021 · Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a pause on federal executions Thursday while the Justice Department reviews policies and procedures on capital punishment.
Buffalo mass shooting is the DOJ's first death penalty case under ...
Jan 13, 2024 · Under Garland’s watch and a president who vowed to abolish the death penalty, the Justice Department took on no new death penalty cases. That changed Friday as federal prosecutors said they would seek capital punishment for a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Attorney General Merrick Garland Orders Moratorium On Federal ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a moratorium on federal executions on Thursday ― citing “serious concerns” about the continued use of the death penalty in the U.S., including the “arbitrariness in its application, disparate impact on people of color, and the troubling number of exonerations in capital and other serious cases.”