- The Justice Department is reintroducing execution methods such as firing squads, electrocution, and nitrogen gas for federal death row inmates.
- This directive aligns with the president's order to resume federal executions and aggressively pursue capital punishment, overturning a prior moratorium.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the department is "standing with victims" and enforcing the law under the president's leadership.
- The president's administration executed 13 individuals in his first term, the most in over 120 years, and is currently seeking death sentences for nine people.
- The Justice Department's plan aims to "strengthen the death penalty" and expedite executions, despite studies indicating it does not deter crime.
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