Florida Republicans open door to firing squads, lethal gas as they push death penalty expansion
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A shortage of the drug used for lethal injection has Florida lawmakers searching for alternative methods of execution, including firing squads and lethal gas.
There is currently a shortage of pentobarbital, the drug used for lethal injections, which has several states scrambling to find alternative execution methods. Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital in 2025 after four years as a politics reporter at The Tennessee Star.
He grew up in Rhode Island and is a graduate of Elon University.
If that happens in Florida, the bill mandates that "all persons sentenced to death for a capital crime shall be executed by a method not deemed unconstitutional." Follow Peter on X at @pmd_reports. Send story tips to peter.dabrosca@fox.com.
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