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Are Firing Squads the Future of Executions?

The Trump administration’s embrace of the firing squad may test the public’s waning support for capital punishment.

Analysis • 05.18.2026

Why This Physician Testifies in Favor of the Firing Squad

James Williams is an ER doctor, a hunter, a gunshot victim — and the go-to expert for death row prisoners seeking an alternative to lethal injection.

Death Sentences • 02.04.2025

The Return of the Firing Squad?

With a scarcity of lethal injection drugs, South Carolina has brought back an archaic execution method. In other states, men on death row are asking for it.

Death Sentences • 04.08.2022

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