Legal Opinion
In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 15, 2020No. Misc. No. 2019-0145Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) In the Matter of the ) Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Execution ) Protocol Cases, ) ) LEAD CASE: Roane, et al. v. Barr ) Case No. 19-mc-145 (TSC) ) THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: ) ) Lee v. Barr, et al., 19-cv-2559 ) ) Purkey v. Barr, et al., 19-cv-3214 ) ) Nelson v. Barr, et al., 20-cv-557 ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION After a hiatus in federal executions of over fifteen years, on July 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced plans to execute five inmates who had been sentenced to death under the federal death penalty statute. 1 See…
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