The Trump administration says it plans to add firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods for federal executions, citing growing difficulty in obtaining drugs used for lethal injections. The move would mark a major shift in federal death penalty policy and could reopen some of the most contentious debates in American criminal justice. The announcement, made Friday, comes as the administration argues that current execution procedures are increasingly impractical because of supply constraints. By broadening the range of approved methods, officials are signaling a tougher approach to capital punishment for people convicted of the most serious federal crimes.
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