The Justice Department announced a series of actions on Friday aimed at restoring and expanding the use of the federal death penalty, including new execution methods and efforts to speed up capital cases. 

The department directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to broaden its execution protocols to include additional methods beyond lethal injection, such as firing squads, as part of what officials described as a push to “strengthen” enforcement of capital punishment. 

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