Trump wants to have five people executed - now deadly gas and shootings are also possible

Before leaving office, the US president wants to have five people executed.

A new policy now allows other methods of execution.

• Donald Trump

  still does not want to admit the election defeat against

  Joe Biden

  , but he is now clearing the way for the handover.

• In his last remaining weeks in office, Trump plans to have five people executed at the federal level.

• In addition to

  lethal injection

  , other

  methods of

  execution

  are now

  possible

  at the state level

  .

Washington - Most of the time, lethal injection.

The

now wants to

allow

additional methods for the

at the federal level in the

.

In addition to the

lethal

, the

, shootings and deadly gas

will be used in the future

.

The

published a corresponding change to the rule in its official gazette on Friday.

Starting December 24, offenders who have been convicted at the federal level

will be allowed to be executed using

any

permitted in the

where the sentence originated.

In the United States, death sentences are mostly carried out using lethal injection.

But states like

and

also generally allow death from fatal gas, the

and

.

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The

is planning

several executions at the federal level

election of President-elect

.

The Democrat Biden is an opponent of the

.

The outgoing US President

had

enforced

the reintroduction of executions at the

during his four-year tenure

.

There had previously been no executions since 2003.

Although there have been

imposed, but not executed.

The Trump administration pushes through a new rule that would clear the way for execution by firing squad, among other methods.

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- Jesse Pesta (@JessePesta) November 26, 2020

"With less than 60 days until President-elect

, the

an unprecedented record in which most federal inmates are scheduled for execution during the last leg of a president's term," wrote

in a recent post .

So far in 2020, eight prisoners have been executed under state law.

spoke of bringing justice to "the victims of the worst crimes".

Before Joe Biden's handover: Trump wants to have five prisoners executed

Five federal executions are planned before

leaves

the office of

on January 20, 2020

.

Sometimes only days before the inauguration of the

.

If these were carried out, the government would have carried out 13 executions within half a year, according to

.

The head of the NGO

, Robert Dunham, told the American news channel on Monday: "It is clear that this government wants to see the prisoners dead before

takes office." In the 19th century, more than one execution was carried out on the new president during a transition period.

In the program of US President-elect

and Vice-President

stands: "Elimination of the death penalty".

Joe Biden will work to get the

abolished

.

There are also plans to create incentives for the states to forego this as well.

On death row: Five people are to be executed before Biden's inauguration

magazine ran

this week

headline, "

Last Atrocity: Execution of Prisoners."

The following persons are according to the will of the

to the

to be executed on 20 January 2020 lists

on.

There are four black men and one white woman.

According to the

human rights group

, African Americans make up more than 30 percent of inmates on death row.

For blacks, the article goes on to say, the probability of

receiving the

far higher than for white people.

• Brandon Bernard:

  His execution is scheduled for December 10th.

  If carried out, Bernard would be the youngest prisoner in 70 years to be executed for a crime in his youth.

  In 1999 he was involved in the murder of a couple.

  His defense stated that the then 18-year-old was a subordinate member of the gang and only joined the gang after the couple was kidnapped.

  The

  Washington Times

  writes

  .

  The website “helpsavebrandon” tries to prevent his execution.

• Alfred Bourgeois:

  convicted of abuse and mistreatment of his daughter, whom he beat to death in 2002.

  His execution is scheduled for December 11th.

• Lisa Montgomery:

  First woman in 70 years to be executed at the federal level.

  Her execution is scheduled to take place on January 12th.

  She was convicted for cutting a pregnant woman's baby out of the belly, killing her for it and pretending to be hers.

• Corey Johnson:

  Johnson is due to be executed on January 14th, convicted of killing seven people as part of a drug trafficking.

  According to his attorneys, his IQ is below 69, lower than the guidelines given by the Supreme Court to states contemplating execution.

• Dustin Higgs:

  Higgs is due to be executed on January 15th.

  He is said to have ordered the murder of three women in 1996.

According to the

, four people

will be executed by

.

case is still open, according to the newspaper, those responsible are referring to legal disputes.

In recent years, federal officials have had increasing problems getting the drugs they need for

.

+

Huntsville Prison Death Row in Texas.

The date of recording is unknown.

© Paul Buck / dpa

However, according to the

, all five inmates are said to be

killed

with

.

The practical use of the new directive for

is unknown.

Unlike, for example, Trump's dismissals in the

.

actions

had already made it

clear that his remaining weeks in office could be dangerous.

The renowned US newspaper writes, should the five people still be killed, the

"one of the deadliest periods in the history of the

since at least 1927."

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