In New Podcast, Rush to Kill Documents 6‑Month Federal Execution Spree Under President Donald Trump’s Administration
Posted: October 23, 2023
In July 2020, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, under
the direction of Attorney General Bill Barr, resumed federal
executions for the first time in 17 years. Over the course of the
following six months, 13 federal death row prisoners were executed.
During those six months, the WFIU News team was granted the
opportunity to report on and witness all 13 executions at United
States Penitentiary, Terre Haute in Indiana. In the time since
these executions, the WFIU News team collected documents and
interviewed those connected to every federal execution carried out
since 2001, culminating in their new podcast series, Rush to
Kill. The series highlights the stories of all 13 individuals
executed during President Trump’s time in office, as well as three
other federal executions carried out twenty years ago.
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