Trump’s DOJ Goon Brings Back Executions by Firing Squad

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has lifted a Biden-era moratorium on capital punishment and reinstated firing squads as a federal method of execution.

Firing squad executions, carried out as recently as https://www.thedailybeast.com/firing-squad-witness-reveals-horror-of-watching-south-carolina-death-row-inmate-brad-sigmon-die/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/firing-squad-witness-reveals-horror-of-watching-south-carolina-death-row-inmate-brad-sigmon-die/">last year at the state level, are now back on the table for federal death row prisoners in addition to lethal injection, which was last utilized in the final days of President Donald Trump’s first term.

A Justice Department statement on Friday said it was also “streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases” and that Blanche has authorized seeking capital ⁠sentences against nine people.

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