The federal government has never used a firing squad to execute a civilian, but that could soon change.
Following the lead of Utah, South Carolina, and several other states, the Justice Department announced April 24 that it will allow firing squads for federal executions, a method that in American history dates to the 1600s but has only been used by the military to execute deserters.
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