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Guardian News 8 Jul 2026 14 here now

Firing squad executions are making a comeback in the US

Trump and Republican states are reviving this archaic death penalty method, and lawyers say for one man killed by gunfire, the process went very wrong. Guardian US reporter Sam Levin breaks down how w

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This is still a back up plan for some states in America already/still
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@SA-ks9vz From YouTube ↗ 10 Jul 2026 2
Trump should be the first to try it out.
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US is going backwards
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More money for the gun companies, I guess! Always a profit in killing over there.
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Shallow empathy for the criminals, instead of deep empathy for the victims
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I'm surprised they haven't gone for Zyklon B
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Only five countries have an active death penalty (have executed someone in the last ten years). If you think the question of medieval barbarism is the KIND of state killing, we may be missing the point.
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One shot & it’s over. Probably an easier ☠️ than they gave their victims 🤷♀️
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I expect the insurance/Healthcare industry will execute me. I'm just a dead weight on society.
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Awful. Gun mad country for the bloodthirsty. Trump has loosened laws so the mentally ill can access guns easier.
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still better than Nitrogen