Justice Department adopts firing squads as execution method as Trump administration moves to ramp up capital punishment cases, officials say.
The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said.
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The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said.
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