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The use of firing squads as a method of execution in the United States, including its adoption by various states and the challenges it has faced in the courts.
Multiple bills filed in the 2025–2026 would beyond lethal injection — most prominently Senate Bill 11 to reauthorize execution by and House Bill 1119 to add firing squad and as options — while additio...
lawmakers introduced that would expand execution methods beyond the state’s current sole option, lethal injection, to include (nitrogen gas), with Senate Bill 11 and House Bill 1119 central to the pus...
Several U.S. states have recently adopted or proposed and executions as alternatives to amid drug shortages and litigation; and have used nitrogen hypoxia, while multiple states authorize firing squad...