DoJ expands execution options with firing squads to speed up federal capital punishment
TL;DR
The Justice Department announced it will allow firing squads as a method for federal executions to accelerate capital punishment, citing practical and logistical reasons; the policy could affect inmates on federal death row, such as Dylann Roof, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Robert Bowers, as the government seeks to ramp up enforcement of the death penalty.
Topics:nationpolitics#capital-punishment#death-penalty#federal-executions#firing-squad#politics#us-department-of-justice
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