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On April 24, 2026, the Justice Department said it would reinstate the first Trump administration’s lethal-injection protocol, add the firing squad as an execution method, and move to speed up capital cases. The department said the changes follow Trump’s Day One order directing DOJ to prioritize seeking and carrying out death sentences.
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On April 24, 2026, the Justice Department said it would reinstate the first Trump administration’s lethal-injection protocol, add the firing squad as an execution method, and move to speed up capital cases. The department said the changes follow Trump’s Day One order directing DOJ to prioritize seeking and carrying out death sentences.
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On April 24, 2026, the Justice Department said it would reinstate the first Trump administration’s lethal-injection protocol, add the firing squad as an execution method, and move to speed up capital cases. The department said the changes follow Trump’s Day One order directing DOJ to prioritize seeking and carrying out death sentences.
The Justice Department said on April 24 that it was readopting its prior lethal-injection protocol, expanding execution methods to include the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes in death-penalty cases.
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