November 19, 2020

Judge blocks federal execution of inmate convicted of raping, burying 16-year-old girl alive

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas man after an appeals court ruled earlier this week that the Justice Department’s protocols for execution violate federal law. Orlando Hall, 49, would have been the eighth person executed by the federal government this year after a 17-year hiatus, Reuters reported. Hall, an African-American …