Justice Department announces it's readopting firing squad
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DOJ announces restoration of Trump-era lethal injection and adds firing squads for federal executions. Latest 2026 death penalty updates.
The Justice Department announced Friday it would readopt the death penalty protocols for lethal injection and firing squads.
In a new report, the Justice Department noted the challenges of procuring the drugs needed for lethal injections.
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced plans to bring back the firing squad as a method of execution. It announced it would ’expand the protocol to include additional manners of execution such
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has lifted a Biden-era moratorium on capital punishment and reinstated firing squads as a federal method of execution. Firing squad executions, carried out as
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