Under President Joe Biden's administration, federal executions will not take place — to the joy of U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester).
A public memo from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department will pause federal executions. This comes after former President Donald Trump's administration resumed executions after 17 years of none happening. In a six-month stretch last year, there were 13 federal executions.
Former state representative Geoff Diehl (R-Whitman) will run for governor of Massachusetts in 2022.
Diehl, who represented the Seventh Plymouth district from 2011 to 2019, made the announcement at an event in western Massachusetts on Sunday, July 4, with no press in attendance. Diehl confirmed the news in an email message to NewBostonPost on Sunday afternoon, after multiple sources alerted NewBostonPost of the matter.
