The death penalty returns to the United States after 16 years | Chronic

The Attorney General of the United States, William BarrHe announced Thursday that he had ordered the reinstatement of the federal death penalty after 16 years without using it, for the purpose of "justice for the victims of the most horrific crimes" and sentenced to five pending convictions, he said in a press release.

"The Department of Justice supports the rule of law and we must help victims and their families to carry out the sentence imposed by our justice system"Barr said, by appointment EFE.

The prosecutor communicated his decision to the prison office and asked the regional director, Hugh HurwitzThis annex detailed the executions of five prisoners sentenced to death for murder, as well as for crimes of torture and rape of children and the elderly.

"The Department of Justice supports the rule of law and we must help victims and their families to carry out the sentence imposed by our justice system"

The executions, which are no longer practiced federally since 2003, will take place in December of this year and in January 2020, according to the announcement.

Barr noted that "Under the governments of both parties, the Justice Ministry has asked for the death penalty for the worst criminals, including these five murderers, all of whom have been sentenced by a jury at the end of a lawsuit. complete and equitable. "

The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976 and this has allowed the most conservative states in the south, such as Alabama and Mississippi, to enforce this sentence. In 1988, Congress pbaded legislation allowing for the death of some of those found guilty of drug-related offenses.

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On June 20, Prisoner Marion Wilson was sentenced to death in the state of Georgia for the murder of a prison guard in 1996, which makes him 1,500 executed in the United States since the death penalty was maintained. restored four decades ago.