US to allow firing squads, gas, and electrocution for federal executions

In a memo, the Department of Justice says the move will "strengthen" the death penalty and deter crime.

The Trump Justice Department is expanding the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases by adding firing squads, electrocution, and gas to lethal injection methods.

The Justice Department announced the reimplementation of lethal injection and firing squads as part of efforts to 'strengthen' the federal death penalty.

The U.S. Justice Department announced steps to 'strengthen the federal death penalty', including bringing back firing squads and readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump administration.