Trump Administration Appeals After Judge Orders New Block on Federal Executions

Trump Administration Appeals After Judge Orders New Block on Federal Executions
Guard towers and razor wire ring the compound at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., on March 17, 2003. Michael Conroy/AP Photo
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A federal judge ordered a new delay on federal executions, just hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out in a federal prison in Indiana.

The move prompted the Trump administration to immediately appeal the decision.