US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003

    WASHINGTON --- The Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, ending an informal moratorium even as the nation sees a broad shift away from capital punishment. Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule executions starting in December for five men, all accused of murdering children. Although the death penalty remains legal in 30 states, executions on the federal level are rare. "The Justice Department upholds the rule of law --- and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system," Barr sa...

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