The US Justice Department has expanded federal execution methods to include firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation, it announced on Friday. The decision forms part of President Donald Trump's drive to revive capital punishment in his second term, following a moratorium under the Biden administration.
Officials highlighted ongoing challenges in procuring drugs for lethal injections as the main driver behind broadening the options available to the Bureau of Prisons. The announcement fulfils an early pledge to prioritise seeking and carrying out death sentences for the most serious federal offences.
