Executions by firing squad allowed again in the USA:
The US Department of Justice announced new measures on Friday to toughen the death penalty at federal level.
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Pope Leo condemns death penalty as US brings back firing squad executions
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US is adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
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Death penalty: US government wants to allow executions by firing squad: The US is tightening the rules for executions. President Donald Trump had already made ...
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Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad
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- Utah’s Supreme Court blocked Ralph Leroy Menzies’ execution after his lawyers argued his dementia impairs his competence.
- Menzies was scheduled for execution on September 5 for a 1986 abduction and murder of a mother of three.
- Defense attorneys cited worsening dementia symptoms, including wheelchair use and oxygen dependence, to request a new competency evaluation.
- The court acknowledged the victim’s family suffering but ruled that legal standards require reassessment of Menzies’ mental fitness.
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- The South Carolina Supreme Court has refused to halt the execution of Freddie Owens, despite a friend’s recantation of testimony that led to Owens’ conviction.
- Owens is scheduled to be executed on Friday for the 1997 murder of a convenience store clerk, marking the state's first execution in over a decade.
- Prosecutors argued that the credibility of the friend, Steven Golden, is undermined by his admission of lying, alongside other evidence linking Owens to the crime.
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