The death penalty is being reinstated for federal inmates in the United States - 16 years after the last execution.
Five convicted murderers on death row will be given a lethal injection this December and January next year.
A total of 62 federal prisoners face death sentences including mass-murderer Dylann Roof, and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhojkhar Tsarnaev.
Although capital punishment is legal in 30 US states, executions on the federal level are rare.
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Picture: Dylann Roof.
