The Department of Justice under the Trump administration announced on Friday that it is officially reinstating death by firing squad as a permissible method of execution for federal death row inmates.
The move is part of several broader reforms aimed at “restoring the Department’s solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences,” which includes readopting the lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term, expanding available execution methods to include the firing squad and other constitutional alternatives, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases.
The department also released a report titled “Restoring and Strengthening the Federal Death Penalty.”
“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 press release.
Blanche continued, “Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Justice is once again enforcing the law and standing with victims.”
Yes! this is long overdue
Need more of this kind of punishment, not just the threat of such.
Can we sign up for a place on the squad? What guns and bullets will they use?
Probably a water pistol.