Trump Bringing Back Firing Squads

Friday, April 24, 2026

The Department of Justice said on Friday it is bringing back firing squads and readopting lethal injection in an effort to strengthen the federal death penalty.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has authorized seeking death sentences against nine people after the Justice Department rescinded a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions, the department said.

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"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," the Justice Department said in a statement."

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Trumpism is a Death Cult.

(see the Chris Hedges thread article on Back Page)

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-24 12:54 PM | Reply

Thanks for posting, Corky, this is just terrible news and not unexpected. Dummkopf Trumpf signed EOs promoting capital punishment and streamlining the legal process from sentencing to the butcher's block.

Catholic POTUS Joe Biden seemed to have exercised selective compassion when he commuted the sentences of 37 of the people awaiting executions on federal death row, leaving only three men.

Why would a devout Catholic like Joe Biden leave three for the hangman, something his friend the late Pope Francis would have disapproved of?

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-24 01:13 PM | Reply

As long as we get to see him, his friends, funders and family lined up on prime time TV and shot, fine.

#3 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-24 01:20 PM | Reply

Show it on Red State Pay Per View.

But also, let the Boaz's of the world place bids on firing the Kill Shot. Let them cosplay that they're taking down Charlie Kirk for not being right-wing enough on Israel's ongoing Ethnic Cleansing.

The National Debt could be paid off in no time!

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-24 01:35 PM | Reply

It seems more humane Thant the chair.

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-24 11:46 PM | Reply

It seems more humane Thant the chair.

He's bringing back the chair too.

What happened to Gracie anyway? She just loved that executin' stuff.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-24 11:50 PM | Reply

www.justice.gov

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-25 04:02 AM | Reply