2026年4月24日 美国东部时间12:02 / 福克斯新闻网
美国司法部还计划简化内部流程，加快死刑案件审理，减少冗长的上诉程序
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美国司法部周五指示联邦监狱管理局扩大死刑执行预案，将戊巴比妥注射和枪决纳入其中，以此作为强化联邦死刑制度的一系列举措之一。
福克斯新闻获取的司法部备忘录显示：“今日，美国司法部履行了其寻求、获得并执行合法死刑判决的庄严职责——为司法部在死刑犯穷尽所有上诉途径后执行死刑扫清了道路。”
备忘录称：“此次采取的措施包括重新采用特朗普首届政府期间使用的注射死刑方案，将该方案扩展至枪决等额外执行方式，并简化内部流程以加快死刑案件审理。”
除了推荐新的死刑执行方式外，司法部还指示联邦监狱管理局考虑扩大联邦死囚牢房规模，并建造额外的死刑执行设施。
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2026年4月7日，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在华盛顿特区罗伯特·F·肯尼迪司法部大楼的新闻发布会上发言。他谈及了司法部的反欺诈工作，并宣布成立国家欺诈执法部门。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
司法部还计划审议一项规则，帮助各州简化联邦死刑案件的人身保护令审查程序。司法部表示，该规则一旦通过，将把州死刑案件从定罪到执行的时间缩短数年。死囚通常在被判处死刑后要等待数十年才会被执行。
在唐纳德·特朗普总统第二任期的首日，他签署了一项行政命令，“确保尊重并忠实执行授权死刑的法律”。
2025年，特朗普政府取消了前总统乔·拜登任内司法部颁布的联邦死刑执行暂停令。
拜登还在2024年12月减刑了40名联邦死囚中的37人，这一举措被共和党广泛谴责为危险行为，但受到民主党人的赞扬，称其为正义与仁慈之举。
2026年3月31日，星期二，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室签署行政命令。（亚伦·施瓦茨/CNP/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
2028年民主党潜在候选人效仿拜登，在州长任期最后一天减刑15名死囚
司法部周五的备忘录抨击了拜登政府。代理司法部长托德·布兰奇写道：“上一届政府未能履行保护美国人民的职责，拒绝针对包括恐怖分子、杀害儿童的凶手和杀害警察的凶手在内的最危险罪犯追究并执行终极刑罚。”
联邦政府从未使用过枪决方式处决犯人，尽管一些州仍在州级层面使用枪决处决死囚。南卡罗来纳州在2025年执行了三起枪决死刑。
南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚市的死刑室，右侧是电椅，左侧是枪决椅。（南卡罗来纳州惩教部 via 美联社）
戊巴比妥是一种中枢神经系统抑制剂，许多州将其作为标准三合一注射死刑的替代方案。拜登政府曾禁止使用该药物，称其会造成“不必要的痛苦和折磨”。但司法部声称，使用该药物符合第八修正案，该修正案规定残忍和不寻常的刑罚是违宪的。
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司法部备忘录称：“这些措施对于威慑最野蛮的犯罪、为受害者伸张正义，并为幸存的亲属带来期待已久的了结至关重要。”
Justice Department announces it’s readopting the firing squad as a means of execution
April 24, 2026 12:02pm EDT / Fox News
The DOJ also plans to streamline internal processes to expedite death penalty cases and reduce lengthy appeals
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The Department of Justice on Friday directed the Bureau of Prisons to expand death penalty protocols to include pentobarbital injections and firing squads as part of broader actions to strengthen the federal death penalty.
“Today, 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 DOJ memo obtained by Fox News read.
“Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases,” the memo read.
In addition to recommending the new methods of execution, the DOJ is also directing BOP to look into expanding the federal death row and constructing additional execution facilities.
HOW TRUMP COULD RESTORE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN WASHINGTON AMID CRIME CRACKDOWN
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke during a news conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2026. He discussed the department’s anti-fraud efforts and announced the creation of a National Fraud Enforcement Division.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The DOJ also plans to consider a rule that will help states to streamline federal habeas review of capital cases which, if adopted, the DOJ says will reduce the period between conviction and execution in state capital cases by years. Death row inmates can often wait decades after receiving their sentence to face execution.
On President Donald Trump’s first day of his second term, he issued an executive order “to ensure that the laws that authorize capital punishment are respected and faithfully implemented.”
In 2025 the Trump administration rescinded a moratorium on federal executions instituted by former President Joe Biden’s DOJ.
Biden also commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 death row inmates in December 2024, a move widely condemned by Republicans as dangerous but praised by Democrats as an act of justice and mercy.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The DOJ’s Friday memo slammed the Biden administration. “The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote.
The federal government has never executed a person by firing squad, though some states still use firing squads to execute death row inmates at the state level. South Carolina carried out three firing squad executions in 2025.
The state’s death chamber in Columbia, S.C. with the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.(South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
Pentobarbital is a central nervous system suppressant that many states use as a fallback to the standard three-drug cocktail for lethal injections. The Biden administration barred its use, arguing that it caused “unnecessary pain and suffering.” The DOJ, however, claimed its use is in line with the 8th amendment, which states that cruel and unusual punishment is unconstitutional.
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“These steps are critical to deterring the most barbaric crimes, delivering justice for victims, and providing long-overdue closure to surviving loved ones,” the DOJ memo read.
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