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December 26, 2020 Federal judge blocks January 12 execution date for only woman on federal death row As repoted in this AP piece, a "federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up the Trump administration to schedule the execution after president-elect Joe Biden takes office." Here is more about a ruling that was handed down before Christmas: U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss also vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons that had set Lisa Montgomery’s execution date for Ja...

Is there any chance COVID might halt the three pending federal executions slated for next month? The question in the title of this post is prompted by this AP piece headlined "Lawyers: 2nd US inmate scheduled to be executed has COVID-19."  Here are the details: A second federal inmate scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday. The diagnosis of Cory Johnson, who was convicted of killing seven people related to his drug trafficking in Virginia, comes a day after attorneys for Dustin Jo...

Second scheduled for execution has COVID Michael Tarm and Michael Balsamo Associated Press Dec. 19, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Protesters line a road across from the Federal Execution Chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana.Austen Leake | Tribune-Star (AP) A second federal prisoner scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers said Friday. The diagnosis of Corey Johnson, who was convicted of killing seven people related to his drug trafficking in Virginia, comes a day after attorneys for Dustin John Higgs con...

Michael Tarm And Michael Balsamo Protesters hold up signs on Prairieton Road across from the Federal Execution Chamber, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Terre Haute, Ind. The execution Brandon Bernard, convicted in the 1999 killing of two youth ministers in Texas is scheduled Thursday at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP) December 18, 2020 - 5:14 PM CHICAGO - A second federal inmate scheduled to be put to death next month in a series of executions by the Trump administration has tested positive for COVID-19, his lawyers sa...

Coronavirus live updates: Pelosi, Pence get Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine narvikk/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 75.2 million people worldwide and killed over 1.6 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s how the news is developing Friday. All times Eastern: Dec 18, 1:53 pm Pence, Pelosi, McConnell get vaccinated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was vaccinated Fr...