U.S. Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions
The U.S. Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to expedite capital punishment cases.
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US Carries Out Rare Execution During Presidential Transition
. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) – The Trump administration has carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years. Federal prison officials in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Thursday, executed a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings…
