US FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY POLICY

Coverage of US federal executions, death penalty methods, and capital punishment policy under the Trump administration, including a record number of executions.

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

4/24/2026, 10:15:15 PM

The US Department of Justice issued a memo authorizing federal executions by firing squad, gas chamber, and electrocution, in addition to lethal injection. The Trump administration framed the move as strengthening the death penalty and deterring crime.

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