The Trump administration has authorized firing squads and re-introduced pentobarbital for federal executions, drawing immediate condemnation from Pope Leo XIV, who reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to the death penalty.
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 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. Under US...
The US Justice Department noted that the prior administration failed to live up to its duty to protect the American people
