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Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block attempts to reverse prior decisions

Trump signed an order on his first day back in the White House compelling the Justice Department to seek the death penalty in appropriate federal cases

The interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.
FILE – FILE – The interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., March 22, 1995. (AP Photo/Chuck Robinson, File)
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Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions.

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