India, April 25 -- The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that it is expanding federal execution protocols to include methods such as firing squads alongside lethal injection, reversing a moratorium imposed during the previous Trump administration.

The DOJ press release read, "Today, the Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences - clearing the way for the Department to carry out executions once death-sentenced inmates have exhausted their appeals."

The DOJ is also seeking to bring back alternative methods of execution for those found guilty of the most serious federal crimes through gas asphyxiation and electrocution.

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