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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The decision doesn't change the halt on federal executions, but Garland's first approval of a new capital prosecution opens a new chapter in the long and complicated history of the death penalty in the U.S.Those complexities have been on full display in recent years.
40% : During his presidency, the Justice Department has fought vigorously in courts to maintain the sentences of death row inmates, an Associated Press review of dozens of legal filings found.
39% : And while the moratorium on federal executions Garland announced in 2021 means no federal inmates will be put to death while it's in place, there have been no public signs that a review of execution policies that he ordered at the same time is nearing completion.
38% : "Death penalty opponents have long argued Biden has done little to fulfill his campaign promise and want him to commute sentences of those on federal death row.
34% : WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt federal executions -- a stark contrast after his predecessor carried out 13 in six months.

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