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Trump restores the firing squad in executions: The measure that returns to the US
Trump plans to reinstate the firing squad as a method of executing inmates on death row, with the goal of strengthening capital punishment at the federal level.
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The firing squad is a method of execution using firearms, used in the military field. (Illustrative image Prensa Libre: EFE)
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During the afternoon of this Friday, April 24, the United States Department of Justice (DOJfor its acronym in English) announced that it plans to restore the firing squad as a method of executing prisoners in the death rowas part of a group of measures that seek to strengthen capital punishment at the federal level.
Death row is a special section in US prisons where inmates sentenced to death capital punishment awaiting execution, and the firing squad is a method of execution by shooting firearmhistorically used in the military field, although now it will be used for federal executions.
Faced with this situation, the DOJ seeks to clear “the way to carry out the executions once the condemned inmates have exhausted its resources appeal“, in compliance with an order signed by the president donald trump on capital punishment, the execution of a prisoner by the State as punishment for serious crimes.
Therefore, the new instructions include “the readoption of the lethal injection, expanding this protocol to include additional methods of execution, such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases. death for capital crimes.”
They reactivate and toughen the federal death penalty
As stated by the US Department of Justice, these reforms seek deter serious crimes and accelerate the implementation of sentencesafter years of restrictions and postponements during the presidency of the Democratic president Joe Bidenwho reduced to all-time lows the number of federal executions in the country.
Likewise, according to the American television network CBS Newsthe DOJ is also studying the construction of new execution facilities and regulatory changes to limit convicts’ access to clemency petitions, requests directed to an authority to reduce, pardon or suspend a criminal conviction.
“These steps are essential to deter the most serious crimes.” atrociousbring justice to the victims and provide long-awaited closure expected to their surviving loved ones,” the DOJ added in a digital statement, where it was mentioned that in the 2025 were carried out 47 executions in the nation, with 19 only in Florida.
For his part, the acting attorney general of the United States, Todd Blanchedeclared that former President Joe Biden “breached their duty to protect the American people by refusing to prosecute and carry out punishment against the most serious criminals. dangerousincluding terroristsmurderers of children and murderers of law enforcement officers.”
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More execution methods
“The DOJ is once again enforcing the law and standing in solidarity with victims“Blanche warned, after announcing that she instructed the Bureau of Prisons to “examine the possibility of relocating or enlarge death row, or to build a facility additional executionin order to allow the application of alternative execution methods“.
By April 2026, capital punishment is legal in 27 states of the USA, although in four of them there are extensions that block the executions. However, in the other 23 states and in the District of Columbia, the federal capital of the United States, the death penalty has been abolishedso President Donald Trump wants to restore it.