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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,529 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:04 PM 7 hrs ago

US should use firing squads, electrocution as execution methods, Justice Department says

Source: Reuters

By Jonathan Allen

April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. government should add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as methods of executing people convicted ‌of the gravest federal crimes, the Department of Justice said on ‌Friday in a report that noted difficulties in getting drugs for lethal injections.

The report was a ​fulfillment of President Donald Trump's promise to resume capital punishment in his second term. In his first term, which ended in 2021, he resumed it after a 20-year gap, executing 13 federal prisoners with lethal injections in his final few ‌months in office.

Acting Attorney General ⁠Todd Blanche, who released the report, has authorized seeking death sentences against nine people after Trump rescinded a moratorium on ⁠federal executions by his predecessor, Joe Biden, the department said.

"Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the ​protocol to ​include additional manners of execution such as ​the firing squad, and streamlining ‌internal processes to expedite death penalty cases," it said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/justice-department-readopts-firing-squads-151838985.html



They left out drawing and quartering and burning at the stake.

Just another attempt at looking tough by an administration full of chickenhawks.
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US should use firing squads, electrocution as execution methods, Justice Department says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 7 hrs ago OP
What, no guillotines? No public hangings? Ocelot II 7 hrs ago #1
I'd like to see a guillotine used on him Marie Antoinette style. kimbutgar 1 hr ago #24
What about beheading? OKIsItJustMe 7 hrs ago #2
Electrocution might be the most cruel method ever used in the US outside of botched hangings. hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #3
I totally oppose the death penalty, it makes us as bad as the murderer (imo)... wcmagumba 7 hrs ago #4
I agree. Give the convicted of horrible crimes hard labor and life in prison IMHO. riversedge 3 hrs ago #17
And it's cheaper to keep them in prison Grins 2 hrs ago #20
Current administration and GQP are taking us backward..................... Lovie777 7 hrs ago #5
And pay per view Miguelito Loveless 6 hrs ago #6
Like I said, half time at the Army-Navy Game displacedvermoter 1 hr ago #30
When do the crucifixions start? littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #7
I could agree with BOTH methods if bluestarone 6 hrs ago #8
I approve all of these methods intheflow 6 hrs ago #9
Yep Traildogbob 6 hrs ago #10
As long as shitstain and his fellow billionaires are the first in front of them dave99 6 hrs ago #11
Why not just keep the UFC stadium on the south lawn and make them a public affair! EarthFirst 5 hrs ago #12
How about public stonings for adulterers? nt City Lights 5 hrs ago #13
Twisted sick fucks. SamKnause 5 hrs ago #14
What happened to stoning? Sneederbunk 4 hrs ago #15
Let the traitors be hoisted by thier own petards Mysterian 4 hrs ago #16
Geeze, why not just send them to a gravel pit with Kristi Noem? Talitha 3 hrs ago #18
- Lemon Lyman 2 hrs ago #19
Great....start with all traitors purr-rat beauty 2 hrs ago #21
American love cruelty DonCoquixote 1 hr ago #22
Yet another example of Trump's lifelong sadism. Grins 1 hr ago #23
OK VanceFan 1 hr ago #25
The cruelty is the point Smilo 1 hr ago #26
Don't forget the war criminals and child rapists. sop 1 hr ago #27
Whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill?". Initech 1 hr ago #28
Hell, let's get full on medieval. COL Mustard 1 hr ago #29
I like that ritual in The Mummy where they locked displacedvermoter 1 hr ago #31

Ocelot II

(130,909 posts)
1. What, no guillotines? No public hangings?
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:07 PM
7 hrs ago

How are we going to satisfy our blood lust if all this government-sanctioned murdering is done on the down-low?

hlthe2b

(114,273 posts)
3. Electrocution might be the most cruel method ever used in the US outside of botched hangings.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:11 PM
7 hrs ago

Yes, lethal injunctions have also been a horrendous lesson in ineptitude and cruelty from the selection of drug(s) to the implementation, to the total lack of (lethal) medical intervention if things go REALLY bad.

But, electrocution... I won't describe what I know about the complications that have been experienced in these attempts, but it is discussed when accidental electrocution is taught in medical seminars for those in the ERs/EDs. And, lest one think the latter is merely a need for CPR and all is fine, oh my, you would be quite wrong. The amount of tissue and organ damage (not to mention the possible lack of oxygen prior to cardiac resuscitation is often so horrific that if they live, it might be as much as a year in intensive care and skilled nursing or Burn units before they even start to recover. But, I digress. Suffice to say it is horrible. (Stay out of the way of lightning and power lines).

Grins

(9,491 posts)
20. And it's cheaper to keep them in prison
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:20 PM
2 hrs ago

The costs are racked up via appeals that go on for more than a decade and often more.

Lovie777

(23,295 posts)
5. Current administration and GQP are taking us backward.....................
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:17 PM
7 hrs ago

Blue states are going forward.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,821 posts)
6. And pay per view
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:37 PM
6 hrs ago

The Ellisons have to make money.

And electrocution means we need more coal-fired plants to meet demand.

intheflow

(30,217 posts)
9. I approve all of these methods
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:50 PM
6 hrs ago

as long as they're applied directly to the treasonous orange and his cruel, alcoholic lackies when their convictions come down. But no one else deserves to die in these ways.

Traildogbob

(13,092 posts)
10. Yep
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 03:56 PM
6 hrs ago

Miller at the top of the list.
Not really. (Not really sarcastic, or not really pro execution?)

EarthFirst

(4,198 posts)
12. Why not just keep the UFC stadium on the south lawn and make them a public affair!
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:38 PM
5 hrs ago

Pay Per View
Advertising
Merchandise

Mysterian

(6,579 posts)
16. Let the traitors be hoisted by thier own petards
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 06:02 PM
4 hrs ago

when the rule of law is re-established in the USA.

DonCoquixote

(13,973 posts)
22. American love cruelty
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:33 PM
1 hr ago

I have no doubt that they will innovate new methods, especially if some company has the patent and can charge the taxpayer more..I can almost hear alex carp grinning.

all the same, to quote gilbert and sulllivan, I am sure we all have a little list, considering many of these people did treason and espionage that would make Mata Hari blush.

Grins

(9,491 posts)
23. Yet another example of Trump's lifelong sadism.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:34 PM
1 hr ago

He loves violence! As only a psychopath would.

It’s constantly in his tweets. He threatens everyone. It’s always his first option.

Remember in 2017 when he threatened “fire and fury like the world has never seen” over N. Korea? And to the G8 so the whole world could see and hear?

Dr. John Gartner called it (well - Him!) malignant, narcissistic sadism, and that he gets off on it.

(On a side note I also think it’s part of Republicans DNA.)

Smilo

(2,047 posts)
26. The cruelty is the point
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:42 PM
1 hr ago

I am against the death penalty - period. It will never stop people killing others, it will never lead to a better society - so why do it. To me the simple answer is blood lust. It really isn't finding justice for a family, or demanding a life for a life - if that were the case there would be a lot of dead law enforcement officers, security guards, ICE agents, etc.

And if even one person on death row is found innocent that should stop all executions.

COL Mustard

(8,316 posts)
29. Hell, let's get full on medieval.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:59 PM
1 hr ago

Why not the rack, burning at the stake, and for all the ladies out there, the dunking stool? You know who you are!

displacedvermoter

(4,815 posts)
31. I like that ritual in The Mummy where they locked
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:21 PM
1 hr ago

the doomed guy in a sarcophagus and dumped in man eating beetles...

Let's get full on Middle Kingdom...

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