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A report prepared by the US Justice Department for the Trump White House recommends adding firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation to the list of approved methods for federal executions.

Justice Department cites supply problems for lethal injections Next federal execution could still be years away States revive older methods due to drug supply issues, while Alabama has pioneered ...

The Justice Department said Friday that it was moving to expand the execution methods used to carry out federal death sentences beyond lethal injections, including by making firing squads and electric ...