Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse WOAH Federal Government to Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly Two Decade Lapse Attorney General William P. Barr Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons to Adopt an Addendum to the Federal Execution Protocol and Schedule the Executions of Five Death-Row Inmates Convicted of Murdering Children https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse