President Donald Trump’s administration is directing prison officials to bring back firing squads to execute federal death row prisoners, reviving a execution method that hasn’t been used by the U.S. government in centuries. Friday’s directive from the Department of Justice follows the president’s order to restart executions and aggressively seek the death penalty in future cases after former president Joe Biden ordered a pause on executions and commuted the sentences of more than three dozen people on death row. Federal prosecutors are now seeking death sentences against ​nine people after Trump rescinded the Biden-era moratorium on his first day in office last year. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the previous administration “failed in its duty to protect the American people.” “Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Justice is once again enforcing the law and standing with victims,” Blanche said in a statement.…