Complications with lethal injections in recent years have led to the revival of execution methods that had been previously abandoned.

The Justice Department announced Friday it would readopt the death penalty protocols for lethal injection and firing squads.

In a new report, the Justice Department noted the challenges of procuring the drugs needed for lethal injections.

DOJ announces restoration of Trump-era lethal injection and adds firing squads for federal executions. Latest 2026 death penalty updates.

The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced plans to bring back the firing squad as a method of execution. It announced it would ’expand the protocol to include additional manners of execution such

Pope Leo has repeated his call for an end to the death penalty – just as Donald Trump’s administration moved to broaden execution for federal inmates. In a message sent to DePaul University in Chicago to mark the 15th anniversary of the state of Illinois abolishing the death penalty,