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- 1Army prepares for executions if Trump approves▼Army lays groundwork for death row executions if Trump gives approval
The US Army has laid the groundwork to carry out death row executions, which could proceed if President Trump gives approval. The military has six men on death row at Fort Leavenworth, and no executions have taken place there since 1961. ABC News reported the preparations, drawing attention to the possibility of the first federal-era military executions in decades under Trump's pro-death penalty stance.