<![CDATA[Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads]]>The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to expand the use of the federal death penalty, including through the deployment of firing squads.

The announcement on Friday was part of a policy document issued by the Department of Justice, setting out the legal argument for various methods of execution.

It touted steps for “restoring and strengthening” the death penalty as integral to the pursuit of justice.

“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 Justice Department said in a news release.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/topic/dc1ec489-2a80-4ad7-9a3b-afd819a9cf8d/trump-administration-to-prioritise-seeking-death-penalty-use-firing-squadsRSS for NodeSun, 24 May 2026 22:28:11 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 17:44:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:52:33 GMT]]>That's actually where I learned about him.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26143007https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26143007Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:52:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:54 GMT]]>I mean this discussion is centered around static location and a target that can be color primed for recognition, so I think most of your points fall flat.

Sticking your fingers in your ears and pretending it is fully worthless is not a productive take, but I understand it is the cultural zeitgeist around here - I'm willing to go against a wave when I think its partially wrong.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://piefed.social/comment/11117669https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://piefed.social/comment/11117669Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:17:57 GMT]]>He wants to watch more videos of executions.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26132693https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26132693Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:17:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:53:31 GMT]]>We can start with his administration. Most of them have committed crimes punishable by death.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23420008https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23420008Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:53:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:46:15 GMT]]>Again I ask.

Does anyone really think those camps are only for immigrants, or criminals?

Bullshit. They're for us.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23419895https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23419895Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:46:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:42:00 GMT]]>That would be friendly fire.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23419035https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23419035Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:24:35 GMT]]>How delusional are you to think that Trump is the one coming up with this? The Heritage Foundation folks are the ones running the agenda.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23418824https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23418824Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:24:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:56:05 GMT]]>They can add that label to the prisoners, sure

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23418534https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23418534Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:56:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:57:02 GMT]]>They could have stopped at the prisons then, that’s where most of the profit is.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25037625https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25037625Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:57:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:35:56 GMT]]>There is a Behind the Bastards episode on him

https://youtu.be/gaJtZ5cF8Ac

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23417605https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23417605Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:35:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:16:16 GMT]]>is this where I post that always has been meme?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23417412https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23417412Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:16:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:51:06 GMT]]>

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23414341https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23414341Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:51:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:32:01 GMT]]>Itakes perfect sense really. They want to be able to legally execute their political enemies and anyone ideologically opposed to them.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://reddthat.com/comment/26277867https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://reddthat.com/comment/26277867Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:32:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:29:59 GMT]]>Blood eagles were only mentioned by Christian skalds hundreds of years after the viking age. There is zero contemporary historical evidence that vikings ever practiced that form of execution.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://reddthat.com/comment/26277816https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://reddthat.com/comment/26277816Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:29:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:25:06 GMT]]>Smart choice. Lethal injection has a terrible history in reliably killing someone without issues. A firing squad is significantly more humane, and people on death row will generally opt for it if given the choice.

However, it's far less common today because society doesn't like firing squads; everything about them feels too barbaric.

Hmmm I wonder why that is... Surely it couldn't be because capital punishment itself has no place in civilized society, right?

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23406230https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23406230Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:25:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:02:37 GMT]]>alwayswillbe.org

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26102601https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/26102601Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:02:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:10:08 GMT]]>Remember they are setting this bar for justice when the pendulum swings... If I hear one outcry about lifetime sentences for these Epstein pedos I will lose my shit.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25023960https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/25023960Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:10:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:07:38 GMT]]>Shooting the pedos? Let’s start there.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23405133https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23405133Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:07:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:04:37 GMT]]>Had been for quite awhile now, longer than we’ve been able to see it.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23405090https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23405090Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:58:14 GMT]]>In a two tiered justice system where the rich have no accountability I can't see this being problematic at all. America is a shit hole country now.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/22944110https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.ca/comment/22944110Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:58:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:57:50 GMT]]>Add Russian agents to the list.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23404249https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23404249Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:57:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:52:07 GMT]]>Always a fucking day he comes up with an awful idea.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23404182https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23404182Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:52:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:34:33 GMT]]>I think they are likely but not like theories have them. Mostly bad action. The larger the more we know. I mean we know a ton about crazy crap they want to do currently. Not so much hidden as denied. Lots of illegal institutional activities.

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://piefed.social/comment/11096169https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://piefed.social/comment/11096169Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:34:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trump administration to prioritise seeking death penalty, use firing squads on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:30:24 GMT]]>Would anybody be interested in a party at The White House on July 4th? BYOF(Bring Your Own Fireworks).

]]>https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23403961https://polykyklo.gr/post/https://lemmy.world/comment/23403961Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:30:24 GMT