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Justice Department recommends using firing squads for executions

The Department of Justice has directed federal prisons to expand the range of methods used for executions to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution.

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Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

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DOJ recommends bringing back firing squads in federal executions

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US to allow firing squads, gas, and electrocution for federal executions

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has directed federal prisons to expand the range of methods used for executions to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution.

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Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions

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US adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods

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DOJ to allow firing squads for executions

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says firing squads and the return of single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital are part of a bigger push to ramp up capital punishment.

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Trump DOJ expands support for death penalty, including firing squads

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Justice Department backs firing squads for executions

Florida by far leads the nation in executions the past 16 months. Why?

Last year, Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis executed more death row inmates than any other state. Florida is on a similar pace this year.

Justice Dept. aims to ramp up executions

The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said Friday. The Justice Department is also reauthorizing the use of single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital that were used to carry out 13 executions during

Trump DOJ Moves to Expedite Death Row Executions for Most Notorious Killers

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last January, prioritizing the use of the death penalty in federal cases.