//Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals

Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals

A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana. The Trump administration immediately appealed to a higher court, asking that the executions move forward.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said there are still legal issues to resolve and that “the public is not served