The Trump administration has directed the Justice Department to expand federal execution protocols to include firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation, citing shortages of lethal injection drugs. This move follows the lifting of a federal ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced new execution protocols, adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation to the methods used for federal executions. This move follows difficulties in obtaining drugs for lethal injections and fulfills former President Trump's initiative to revive the death penalty.