Supreme Court temporarily blocks Trump administration request to resume federal executions – Fox News, Fox News
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TheSupreme Courton Friday blocked theTrumpadministration from resumingfederal executionsin an attempt to put to death four convicted murderers. The executions were slated to begin next week.
The justices upheld a lower court ruling last month after inmates claimed executions by lethal injection would violate federal law.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., had imposed a temporary injunction on executions, saying they would conflict with federal law. That ruling was upheld Monday by a three-judge federal appeals court.
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