The ⁠U.S. ⁠Department of ⁠Justice said on Friday ​it is taking actions ‌to strengthen the ‌federal death ⁠penalty, ⁠including firing squads and readopting the lethal ​injection protocol. “Among the actions taken are readopting ​the lethal injection protocol utilized ⁠during the ⁠first Trump ⁠Administration,

The Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of execution to include death by firing squad.

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

The Justice Department also reauthorized single-drug lethal injections in an effort to expedite capital punishment cases.

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

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

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last January, prioritizing the use of the death penalty in federal cases.

The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal appeals.