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

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

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

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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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US Justice Department brings back firing squads as execution method

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US justice department to allow firing squads as federal death penalty method

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.

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Trump administration reinstates firing squads, lethal injection for executions

The US Justice Department has reinstated lethal injection and added firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods, reversing a Biden-era moratorium. The move follows President Trump's directive to accelerate death penalty ...

Execution nears as juror cites new confession in push to stop death row case

Time is running out in the fight to stop the execution of a convicted killer. James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 for a 2008 double murder outside a music studio in North Texas.