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US federal government resumes death penalty

The federal US Justice Department has reinstated the death penalty, which has not been used for 15 years, with a white supremacist among the first five to be executed.

interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute
March 22, 1995, file photo shows the interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute Source: AAP

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