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DOJ recommends bringing back firing squads in federal executions

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it announced ...

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Justice Department to allow firing squads and electrocution in new federal execution plan

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DOJ reinstates firing squads, pentobarbital for federal executions

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Trump administrator brings back firing squads for executions

The Trump administration is reinstating firing squads as a method of execution for federal prisoners.

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Executions by firing squads, electrocution & gassing approved in US to speed up killings of most heinous criminals

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DOJ to allow firing squads for executions

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US justice dept seeks to add firing squads for federal executions

Before leaving the White House in January 2025, Democratic president Joe Biden, an opponent of the death penalty, commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row.

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Trump DOJ brings back 17th-century execution method to ‘strengthen the death penalty’

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US should use firing squads, electrocution as execution methods, Justice Department says

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DOJ restores and expands death penalty for federal cases

The Justice Department announced a series of actions on Friday aimed at restoring and expanding the use of the federal death penalty, including new execution methods and efforts to speed up capital cases.