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US Justice Department to Expand Execution Methods to Include Firing Squads, Electrocution, Gas Chamber
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Politik·25.04.2026KI-Zusammenfassung

US Justice Department to Expand Execution Methods to Include Firing Squads, Electrocution, Gas Chamber

The Justice Department announced it will re-adopt lethal injection and expand execution methods to include firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation for federal death penalty cases. The policy reverses Biden's pause on federal executions and comes after Trump pledged to vigorously pursue the death penalty. Only three federal inmates remain on death row after Biden commuted 37 sentences in December 2024.

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US Justice Department Reinstates Firing Squads, Electrocution, Gas Asphyxiation as Federal Execution Methods
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Politik·25.04.2026KI-Zusammenfassung

US Justice Department Reinstates Firing Squads, Electrocution, Gas Asphyxiation as Federal Execution Methods

The Justice Department announced Friday that the US will re-adopt firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as execution methods for the worst federal offenses, expanding beyond lethal injection. The policy readopts the protocol from Trump's first term and streamlines processes to expedite death penalty cases after inmates exhaust appeals. This reverses Biden's pause on federal executions, though only three federal inmates remain on death row after Biden commuted 37 sentences in December 2024. Public support for the death penalty has declined to 52%, and the US remains the only country in the Americas actively carrying out executions.

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DOJ Expands Federal Execution Methods to Include Firing Squad, Gas Asphyxiation and Electrocution
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Politik·25.04.2026KI-Zusammenfassung

DOJ Expands Federal Execution Methods to Include Firing Squad, Gas Asphyxiation and Electrocution

The US Department of Justice has directed federal prisons to expand execution methods to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution, alongside lethal injection. The memo released Friday aims to strengthen the death penalty for the most serious crimes, ensuring executions can proceed even if specific drugs are unavailable. The move reverses Biden-era policies, with former President Biden having granted clemency to 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners before leaving office.

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DOJ Expands Federal Execution Methods to Include Firing Squad, Gas Asphyxiation, Electrocution
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Politik·25.04.2026KI-Zusammenfassung

DOJ Expands Federal Execution Methods to Include Firing Squad, Gas Asphyxiation, Electrocution

The US Department of Justice has directed federal prisons to expand execution methods to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution, supplementing lethal injection. The memo aims to ensure executions can proceed even if specific drugs are unavailable. Former President Biden had granted clemency to 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners before leaving office, while Trump ended a 20-year federal execution moratorium in his first term and signed an executive order in January 2025 resuming death penalty pursuit.

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