DOJ Death Penalty Protocol Provisions from 1995 to 2024
All prior DOJ protocol provisions are available by clicking here.
Please note that, on February 5, 2025, AG Bondi ordered that, "All revisions to Justice Manual § 9-10.000, et seq., that occurred between January 20, 2021, and January 19, 2025, are suspended for period of 45 days during which time the Office of Legal Policy, in coordination with additional components as appropriate, will review such revisions and make recommendations to the Deputy Attorney General concerning whether such revisions should be retained, amended, or rescinded. Further, the Office of Legal Policy will lead an evaluation, in coordination with additional components as appropriate, of all internal policies and procedures concerning capital crimes and propose revisions to the Deputy Attorney General that will strengthen the federal death penalty." The revised (or reverted) Protocol provisions have now been made public -- and reverts the provisions to those in effect when President Trump left office in 2020. The current Protocol provisions can be found at https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-10000-capital-crimes.
DOJ Capital Case Section, Criminal Division (description and contact information)
2020 (December) Revised DOJ Death Penalty Protocol
In this version DOJ added several whole sections tocovering appeals, 2255s, stays, and executions.