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DOJ Restores Federal Death Penalty Methods Including Firing Squads

The Trump administration's Department of Justice announced steps to strengthen the federal death penalty by bringing back firing squads and readopting lethal injection protocols from the first Trump administration. This reverses Biden-era policies restricting federal capital punishment methods. The policy directly impacts individuals on federal death row and changes available execution methods.