DAILYCALLER (Jillian Butler) - Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution For Jihadist Fort Hood Shooter
For the first time since 1961, the United States Army will execute someone by firing squad.
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For the first time since 1961, the United States Army will execute someone by firing squad.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the reinstatement of firing squads and the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration as methods for federal executions, reversing Biden-era policies.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ ) announced on Friday that it will reinstate firing squads as a method of federal execution, as part of a package of policies aimed at reversing Biden-era policies obstructing the execution of the country’s worst criminals. DETAIL: The department’s decision includes readopting the lethal injection protocol from the first Trump administration, using pentobarbital. It follows a January 2025 executive order by President Donald J. Trump to pursue federal death sentences and ensure states have sufficient lethal injection drugs, with the DOJ recalling in a Friday press release how the former Biden government had “imposed an indefinite moratorium on executions,” “declined…Open
The Justice Department will reinstate execution protocols adopted during the first Trump administration.
'Enforcing the law'