The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. The court has given the green light to the first federal executions since 2003.
Photo: Craig Hudson/Bloomberg NewsA divided Supreme Court cleared the way for the first federal executions since 2003 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The five-member conservative majority denied inmate claims that the use of pentobarbital for lethal injections would be unconstitutional, over dissents from four liberal justices.
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