DOJ to Bring Back Old-School Execution Method as Part of Plan to ‘Strengthen the Federal Death Penalty’

A Department of Justice report issued Friday calls for returning the firing squad to the options for executing inmates facing the death penalty.

The report said the Biden Justice Department failed in its mission to carry out lawful executions, requiring a set of rules for capital cases.

“Today, the Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences — clearing the way for the Department to carry out executions once death-sentenced inmates have exhausted their appeals,”  according to a Department of Justice news release that said the department is seeking to strengthen the federal death penalty.

“Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases,” the release said.

“These steps are critical