The Supreme Court on Thursday announced it would fast-track an appeal by four death-row inmates convicted of killing children who are challenging Attorney General William Barr’s plans to resume federal executions this summer.
The four inmates, whose execution dates were scheduled Monday for the months of July and August, argue that their scheduled lethal injections would violate the 1994 Federal Death Penalty Act, which says that the method of execution should be determined by the state where a capital crime is committed.
