{"id":124740,"date":"2026-04-25T10:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=124740"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:37:39","slug":"trump-seeks-to-bring-back-firing-squads-for-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/124740\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump seeks to bring back firing squads for executions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON(National Times)- The Justice Department said on Friday it is seeking to expand the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases and add the firing squad, electrocution and gas to lethal injection as methods of execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers,\u201d acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under President Donald Trump, \u201cthe Department of Justice is once again enforcing the law and standing with victims\u201d, Blanche said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Republican president ended a 17-year pause in federal executions in 2020, during his first term in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 13 executions by lethal injection during Trump\u2019s final six months in power, more than under any US leader in 120 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving the White House in January last year, Democratic president Joe Biden, an opponent of the death penalty,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1880804\">commuted<\/a>&nbsp;the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump, on his first day in the White House for his second term, called for an expansion of the use of the death penalty \u201cfor the vilest crimes\u201d. The death penalty is normally carried out at the state level in the United States, but the federal government can also seek execution for a limited set of crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five US states currently authorise the firing squad for executions, but only one \u2014 South Carolina \u2014 has used the method in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine states allow electrocution, but this method has not been used since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two states have executed inmates recently by nitrogen hypoxia, which involves pumping nitrogen gas into a face mask, causing the prisoner to suffocate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON(National Times)- The Justice Department said on Friday it is seeking to expand the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases and add the firing squad, electrocution and gas to lethal injection as methods of execution. \u201cThe prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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