Wesley Purkey

Federal Government Executes 2nd Man After Supreme Court Denies Appeals

Scott Neuman

Wesley Purkey was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, the second federal execution this week after a 17-year hiatus. The high court's 5-4 decision allowed the execution to proceed.

The death chamber, equipped for lethal injection, at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown in this April 1995 photo. Federal executions are set to resume on Monday.

NPR News

Federal Executions Set To Resume After 17 Years With 3 Deaths Scheduled Soon

Carrie Johnson

Authorities are preparing the federal death chamber in Terre Haute, Ind., for three executions next week. They'll be the first federal executions in a long time.

The Supreme Court effectively refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in the coming weeks. The executions would be the first use of the death penalty at the federal level since 2003.

Government & Politics

Supreme Court Clears Way For Federal Executions To Resume

Laurel Wamsley

Four men are scheduled to be executed in the coming weeks, which would be the first use of the federal death penalty since 2003.