07 October 2026
Firing Squads and Botched Executions
On Monday, October 5, President Donald Trump approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan. If Hasan is put to death by that method, it would be the first use by the military since 1945. That announcement came on the heels of a deeply embarrassing moment for death penalty supporters when Crista Pike survived an execution attempt in Tennessee on September 30. Beyond those two shocking developments, we will see that the death penalty is dying in the United States. Continue reading >>
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