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orangecrush

(30,709 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:56 PM 16 hrs ago

Trump DOJ Announces It Will Start Executing People by Firing Squad

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will resurrect federal firing squads as part of an effort to implement Donald Trump’s day-one executive order to revamp capital punishment.

Trump’s order, signed in January 2025, demanded the attorney general pursue the death penalty on “all crimes of a severity demanding its use,” including murder of a law enforcement officer or any capital crime committed by an undocumented immigrant.

Under former President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland had paused federal executions. Trump became furious when, before leaving the White House, Biden pardoned 37 prisoners on death row. The Republican kicked off his second term in office with a bloodthirsty decree for more death.


https://newrepublic.com/post/209500/donald-trump-department-justice-death-sentence-firing-squads


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Trump DOJ Announces It Will Start Executing People by Firing Squad (Original Post) orangecrush 16 hrs ago OP
the "pro-life Christian party" strikes again Skittles 16 hrs ago #1
Next up - political opponents orangecrush 16 hrs ago #2
Let me guess: they will retroactively include Renee Good and Alex Pretti Coventina 16 hrs ago #3
Moving in that general direction orangecrush 16 hrs ago #5
See my post right below yours UpInArms 16 hrs ago #6
GMTA! Coventina 15 hrs ago #13
I thought he was doing that already UpInArms 16 hrs ago #4
he loves death and suffering Shellback Squid 16 hrs ago #7
K&R canetoad 16 hrs ago #8
Nature gives all life and only Nature should be allowed to end it. anciano 16 hrs ago #9
The barbarian will probably want to look at the photographs of the executions. greatauntoftriplets 16 hrs ago #10
Or the video replay, in slow motion RussBLib 16 hrs ago #12
The next time a Republican tells you they are "pro-life" DFW 16 hrs ago #11
Wasn't treason death by firing squad, start doc03 15 hrs ago #14
Don't light that last cigarette too close to Donny.... Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #15
We should thank him lol, its one less fight we have to have when we put him against a wall. Volaris 15 hrs ago #16
That's too good for him. chowder66 14 hrs ago #17
Any bets? moondust 14 hrs ago #18

Coventina

(29,824 posts)
3. Let me guess: they will retroactively include Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:59 PM
16 hrs ago

as criminals executed by firing squad.

orangecrush

(30,709 posts)
5. Moving in that general direction
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:00 PM
16 hrs ago

He's running out of time, things are going to start happening quickly.

greatauntoftriplets

(179,199 posts)
10. The barbarian will probably want to look at the photographs of the executions.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:09 PM
16 hrs ago

He likes to see the blood.

DFW

(60,332 posts)
11. The next time a Republican tells you they are "pro-life"
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:11 PM
16 hrs ago

Just say, "suuuuuuuuuure you are."

Blue Owl

(59,385 posts)
15. Don't light that last cigarette too close to Donny....
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:55 PM
15 hrs ago


Oops! Donny poopy pants go boom-boom….

Volaris

(11,763 posts)
16. We should thank him lol, its one less fight we have to have when we put him against a wall.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 06:08 PM
15 hrs ago

moondust

(21,317 posts)
18. Any bets?
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 07:05 PM
14 hrs ago

That the Misanthrope in Chief will pay a visit to one or more of those prisons so he can pull the trigger?

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