US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003

The Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, ending an informal moratorium even as the nation sees a broad shift away from capital punishment.Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule executions starting in December for five men , all accused of murdering children.Although the death penalty remains legal in 30 states, executions on the federal level are rare.