Across the long arc of American penal history, the state has repeatedly sought a method of execution that reconciles the act of killing with the constitutional promise of human dignity. Today, that search has reached another inflection point: lethal injection, long presented as the clinical and humane solution, is faltering under pharmaceutical boycotts and documented failures, prompting John Malcolm of the Meese Institute to argue that the firing squad — older, simpler, and supply-chain independent — deserves serious reconsideration. The debate is less about any single method than about a nat
Conservative think tank argues US should return to firing squads as lethal injection faces obstacles
The policy debate concerns methods of executing convicted criminals in the United States.