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federal executions
Coverage of federal executions in the Nexus archive.
- DOJ reinstates firing squads, pentobarbital for federal executions
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the reinstatement of firing squads and pentobarbital as methods for federal executions, reviving protocols for lethal injection and capital punishment.
- Justice Department is bringing back firing squads in federal executions
The Department of Justice is reintroducing firing squads and lethal injection as methods for federal executions. This marks a return to execution practices not used in decades.