The Justice Department under President Donald Trump has added firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to federal execution protocols, citing difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs.

The Justice Department has reauthorized pentobarbital lethal injections and added firing squads as permitted federal execution methods, reversing Biden-era restrictions. The move follows President ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a 15-year halt on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive activity,” and ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it announced ...