Iran Press/America: Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons on Thursday to schedule executions starting in December for five men.
The move is likely to stir up fresh interest in an issue that has largely lain dormant in recent years, adding a new front to the culture battles that the US President Donald Trump already is waging on matters such as abortion and immigration in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, CTV News reported.
Most Democrats oppose capital punishment. Vice-President Joe Biden this week shifted to call for the elimination of the federal death penalty after years of supporting it.
By contrast, Trump has spoken often -- and sometimes wistfully -- about capital punishment and his belief that executions serve as both an effective deterrent and appropriate punishment for some crimes, including mass shootings and the killings of police officers.
"I think they should very much bring the death penalty into vogue," Trump said last year after 11 people were gunned down in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
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