DOJ approves use of firing squads in federal executions

The Justice Department has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to expand the number of ways inmates on federal death row could be executed, including adding firing squads and gas asphyxiation.

DOJ approves use of firing squads in federal executions

TL;DR

  • The Justice Department has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to expand execution methods for federal death row inmates.
  • New execution methods include firing squads and gas asphyxiation.