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Judge temporarily stops 1st federal execution in 16 years

A federal judge has temporarily halted the first federal execution in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutka said in a ruling that the public is not served by "short-circuiting" legitimate judicial process. "It is greatly served by attempting to ensure that the ...

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