WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following statement after Attorney General William Barr directed the Justice Department to resume executions in the federal system:

"Most Americans have always recognized that the death penalty is a just response to the most heinous crimes.

"I commend the president and Attorney General Barr for resuming executions to carry out sentences imposed on five brutal murderers by juries of their peers.

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