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The U.S. Department of Justice plans to introduce firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as alternative execution methods for federal death row inmates, citing challenges in obtaining lethal injection drugs.
The U.S. administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods, addressing difficulties in obtaining lethal injection drugs.
A report prepared by the US Justice Department for the Trump White House recommends adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to the list of approved methods for federal executions.
The Trump Justice Department said on Friday it was seeking to expand the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases and add the firing squad, electrocution, and gas to lethal injection as methods of execution.
The U.S. Justice Department plans to add firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to federal execution methods, addressing lethal injection drug shortages and expediting cases.
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