Slate: William Barr’s Lame-Duck Execution Spree Is Unprecedented
Since 1889, every outgoing administration has halted the federal death penalty during the transition period.
The Trump administration’s execution plan would be history making. Slate writes, “It will be the first time that the federal government ends up carrying out more executions (10) in a single year than are carried out in all the states which retain capital punishment (8).”
