The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it was including the use of firing squads as an approved method to be used in carrying out the federal death penalty.
In a press release, the DOJ explained that the agency was taking several “actions” in order to “restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences.”
The actions taken by the DOJ included “readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized” during President Donald Trump’s first administration, and “expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad.”
“The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
Trump previously directed the DOJ “to prioritize seeking death sentences in appropriate cases” and to
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