Federal death penalty pursuit mandated, moratorium lifted
Enacted5/10
Federal · Executive Order 14164 · Jan 20, 2025
Impact 5/10
Executive Order 14164, signed January 20, 2025, directs the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use, and specifically to seek it for murders of law enforcement officers and capital crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. It effectively ends the Biden-era moratorium on federal executions and orders review of confinement conditions for the 37 people whose federal death sentences President Biden commuted.
Policing & justiceWorking-age adultsLow-incomeImmigrants
Sources
✓ Verified against primary sources 2026-08-16