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Articles on federal executions by The Intercept, written by Liliana Segura, can found here.
Other articles on federal executions:
Associated Press: 2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed (6/16/21)
Mother Jones: Trump Went on an Execution Spree. Biden Can Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen Again (6/11/21)
Indiana Public Media: Michigan GOP Congressman Backs Bill To Prohibit Federal Death Penalty (5/7/2021)
Newsweek: Joe Biden, Who Vowed to Abolish Executions, Urged to Commute Death Row Sentences (3/4/21)
Newsweek: Donald Trump Executioners May Have Misled Courts, Sparking Calls for Investigation (2/23/2021)
Associated Press: Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty (2/7/2021)
Indiana Public Radio: Anti-Death Penalty Group Petitions Attorney General To Halt Federal Executions At Terre Haute (12/24/2020)
Newsweek: Brandon Bernard Execution Protesters to Tape off DOJ Offices As Crime Scene (12/10/2020)
Newsweek: Trump Has Made Firing Squad, Poison Gas Executions Possible—But Will They Actually Happen? (12/7/2020)
Associated Press: Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural (12/7/2020)
Newsweek: Thousands Call on Trump to Cancel Remaining Scheduled Federal Executions (11/18/2020)
Washington Post: Justice Department schedules three more federal executions (11/20/2020)
Reuters: U.S. sets September execution dates for two federal inmates
News and Tribune: The Indiana State Police agrees not to block execution protesters: Death Penalty Action calls for congressional investigation into recent executions, Trump Administration’s politicization of death penalty
Tribune Star: Anti-death penalty group: Email proves executions a 'political stunt'
Tribune Star: Flashpoint: Trump is playing politics with the death penalty
Misc. News:
Austin Chronicle: Death Watch: Father Forgave, Texas Doesn’t (8/12/22)
Texas Observer: Upcoming Execution Based on Discredited Forensic Science (8/10/22)
The Intercept: Rush to Judgment: Is Texas Sending Melissa Lucio to Die for a Crime That Never Happened? (3/5/22)
Moment Magazine: Cantor Leads Jewish Movement to Abolish Death Penalty (7/6/21)
Arkansas Coverage in 2017:
4/26/2017: How a Daughter’s Search for Her Biological Father Led Her to an Execution in Arkansas (The Intercept)
4/22/2017: Exonerated Death Row Inmates Documentary Shown in Northwest Arkansas