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The American Department of Justice has lifted the moratorium on federal executions and approved shooting as a method of carrying out sentences. The agency has also streamlined internal procedures to expedite the review of death penalty cases, reports the portal "Duty Officer in America."

Additionally, the DOJ's report insists on the constitutionality of other methods of execution — the electric chair, gas chamber, and lethal injection. The agency also plans to introduce a ban on petitions for clemency for inmates until all judicial procedures are completed.

The DOJ has already authorized requests for the death penalty for 44 defendants. Among these inmates are three members of the MS-13 gang, two of whom are illegal immigrants.

In the U.S., the moratorium on the death penalty for federal crimes was in effect from 2003 to 2020. In 2021, Trump lifted it, after which 13 people were executed. Under Biden, the moratorium was reinstated, and pentobarbital injections were banned — the current administration called these measures "a failure to fulfill the duty to protect the American people."