South Carolina's execution of a convicted murderer by firing squad marked the sixth use of capital punishment in the United ...

In a memo, the Department of Justice says the move will "strengthen" the death penalty and deter crime.

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way for other ...

The US Department of Justice reintroduces firing squads for federal executions, citing drug shortages, sparking ethical and legal debates over capital punishment methods.

The Department of Justice's report is the latest development in the administration’s long campaign to execute as many people as possible.

Trump’s DoJ says it is taking steps to ‘strengthen the federal death penalty’ in opposition to Biden-era policies ...

President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to resume seeking executions on his first day in office last year.

Throughout the report, the Justice Department referenced past Supreme Court rulings in capital cases, noting that the court ...