US DOJ pushes federal death penalty revival with firing squads and faster processes
TL;DR
The Department of Justice moved to strengthen the federal death penalty by re-adopting the Trump-era lethal injection protocol and adding firing squads, resuming federal executions after a moratorium, and authorizing death sentences for up to 44 defendants, while pledging to streamline capital-case reviews; five states currently allow firing squads, and public support for the death penalty has been declining in recent polls.
Topics:nationpolitics#capital-punishment#death-penalty#executions#federal-government#justice-department#politics
- US justice department to allow firing squads as federal death penalty method The Guardian
- Trump Administration Approves Firing Squad Executions for Death Penalty The New York Times
- Trump administration moves to add firing squad to federal execution methods The Washington Post
- Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions CNN
- Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads Al Jazeera
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