Federal Death Penalty Methods Expanded to Include Multiple Execution Forms
The US Department of Justice authorizes firing squads, gas chambers, and electrocution as execution methods for federal death penalty cases, citing deterrence goals.
The Department of Justice has issued a significant policy update that fundamentally expands the execution methods available for federal death penalty cases. In an official memo released to federal prosecutors and correctional authorities, the DOJ announced that states and federal institutions may now utilize firing squads, gas chambers, and electrocution alongside the previously authorized method of lethal injection. This marks a substantial shift in how the federal government approaches capital punishment and represents one of the most consequential policy changes regarding the administration of federal sentences in recent decades.
According to the official department memo, this expansion of capital punishment methods is intended to
Source: BBC News
