"Death Penalty Reforms: Firing Squads Get Green Light as Justice Department Seeks to Speed Up Executions. In a move that has sparked intense debate, the Justice Department has announced plans to adopt firing squads as a permissible method of execution, marking a significant shift in the country's capital punishment policies. The decision, made during the final days of the Trump administration, aims to expedite the execution of convicted felons on death row, a move that could potentially see a significant increase in the number of executions carried out in the coming years. As the US grapples with the morality and effectiveness of the death penalty, this development is set to reignite a long-standing controversy over the fairness and humanity of capital punishment."


The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.