Death Penalty and Federal Prisons

A federal judge, Timothy Kelly, blocked the Trump administration's plan to transfer federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted by President Biden to ADX Florence, issuing a 35‑page ruling that raised serious Fifth Amendment due‑process concerns. Kelly framed the dispute as a clash between the executive's Article II "Take Care" authority and prisoners' due‑process rights, finding the problem was not placement at ADX itself but the government's failure to provide a meaningful opportunity for inmates to contest the transfers — part of an effort led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and the administration to counter Biden's late‑term commutations.