DOJ seeks to bring back firing squads, electric chairs for some death penalty cases
The Hill
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday said it will bring back the use of firing squads and electric chairs for some death penalty cases, as well as “readopting” the use of lethal injections as used during the first Trump administration.
Department officials said in a statement that bringing back these manners of execution “are…
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