Lots of notable headlines as possible resumption of federal executions approaches

As noted in this AP piece, on Monday night the US Department of Justice formally asked the Supreme Court to stay or vacate a lower court preliminary injunction now blocking scheduled federal executions that are scheduled to take place starting on the morning of December 9.  These developments have, unsurprisingly, started generating ever more news and commentary.  Here are a few piece that caught my eye:

• From The Hill, "14 states ask Supreme Court to let Trump resume federal executions"

• From the New York Times, "I Oversaw Executions. We Cannot Resume the Federal Death Penalty. The system has too many flaws for the Trump administration to carry out the executions it has scheduled for Monday."

• From The Atlantic, "I Know What It’s Like to Carry Out Executions: The experience of participating in the state-sanctioned killing of another human being has shaped me forever—and is why I believe this country should not pursue federal capital punishment."

• From Newsweek, "Attorney General William Barr Claims This Execution is for Us — But We Don't Want It" 

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