The Supreme Court on June 29 declined a challenge by several death row inmates asking justices to clarify the law on how the government carries out federal executions. The decision paves way for the Trump administration to push forward with its plans to resume federal executions after a nearly 20-year pause.
The four inmates who were convicted of murdering children argued that their scheduled lethal injections would violate the 1994 Federal Death Penalty Act, which states that the method of execution should be determined by the state where a capital crime is committed.
