federal execution
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An execution carried out under the authority of the federal government.
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- The senator's request to suspend federal executions was widely debated.
- Three federal executions were scheduled for this month.
- Human rights activists protested against federal executions outside the prison.
- The moratorium on federal executions lasted for seventeen years.
- Legal challenges have delayed several federal executions this year.
- The Department of Justice oversees all federal executions in the United States.
- Media coverage of federal executions has intensified recently.
- Defense attorneys filed appeals to halt the federal executions.
- The Supreme Court reviewed cases involving federal executions.
- Public opinion remains divided on federal executions.