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November 19, 2020

Court Clears Path for More Federal Executions
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The federal government is scheduled to execute Orlando Hall today at the
federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Hall is an African
American man who was sentenced to die by an all-white jury. He will be
the eighth person to be executed by the federal government this year. On
Wednesday, a federal appeals court refused to delay the execution of
Hall after lawyers challenged the government's lethal injection methods.
Meanwhile, the United States is moving ahead with plans to execute Lisa
Coleman on December 8. The African American woman is set to become the
first woman executed by the federal government in nearly 70 years. Her
chances of receiving clemency have been dealt a setback after two of her
attorneys became infected with COVID-19 after visiting her in prison.


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