AG Barr Orders br Federal Death br Penalty to Be Reinstated Federal executions br have not been br conducted since 2003. William Barr, br Attorney General, via NBC News Following the order, br five men whose legal appeals br have been exhausted, were br scheduled to be executed. All five men br were convicted of br murdering children. They will be executed br by lethal injection of a br single drug in either br December or January. According to the br Justice Department, br more executions will follow. 60 inmates br presently sit on br federal death row.