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In a new report, the Justice Department noted the challenges of procuring the drugs needed for lethal injections.
Justice Department is ‘standing with victims’ by reviving old-school killing methods to execute federal death row inmates, acting AG Todd Blanche says
The Justice Department announced Friday it would readopt the death penalty protocols for lethal injection and firing squads.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last January, prioritizing the use of the death penalty in federal cases.
The Department of Justice said on Friday it reinstated the use of lethal injection and expanded the execution protocol to include firing squad.
The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.