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Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 1 month ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to expand the use of the federal death penalty, including through the deployment of firing squads.

The announcement on Friday was part of a policy document issued by the Department of Justice, setting out the legal argument for various methods of execution.

It touted steps for “restoring and strengthening” the death penalty as integral to the pursuit of justice.

“The Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences – clearing the way for the Department to carry out executions once death-sentenced inmates have exhausted their appeals,” the Justice Department said in a news release.

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[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Not the death panels I was expecting, but somehow still unsurprising.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really, truly hope that this backfires on them and they're all subject to death by firing squad. Truly.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I'm still hoping for labor camps at minimum wage until they repay what they stole (i.e. forever). Fuck capital punishment