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  Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on Federal Executions; Orders Review of Policies and Procedures Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and procedures is pending. “The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States,...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on Federal Executions; Orders Review of Policies and Procedures Details Written by DOJ Washington, DC - Thursday, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and procedures is pending. “The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the ...

"Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Imposes a Moratorium on Federal Executions; Orders Review of Policies and Procedures" The title of this post is the heading of this notable new US Justice Department press release.  Here is the main text of the press release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a memorandum imposing a moratorium on federal executions while a review of the Justice Department’s policies and procedures is pending. “The Department of Justice must ensure that e...

  Share Source: Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP On Thursday night, a press release from the Department of Justice announced that Attorney General Merrick Garland was issuing a memo imposing a moratorium on federal executions. The attorney general also ordered a review of recent policy changes from the Trump administration. Such a review is set to include: A review coordinated by the Office of Legal Policy of the Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol, adopted in 2019, which will assess, among ...

Sentencing Law and Policy Federal Sentencing Reporter issue considers "After Trump: The Future of the President’s Pardon Power" It strikes me as a great bit of great timing, as we head into a weekend celebrating our great nations declaration of independence from a monarchy, that the new issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter focused on the pardon power in the US Constitution is just now available online.  It is often said that the presidential pardon authority in Article II section 2 of t...