A new billboard in Mississippi advises potential criminals to “think twice” due to the state’s capital punishment laws, which include death by firing squad.
The billboard informs motorists driving into the Magnolia State, “Welcome to Mississippi, WHERE THE FIRING SQUAD IS LEGAL. THINK TWICE.”
The roadside sign sponsored by the DeSoto County district attorney’s office can be spotted on Interstate 55 entering Mississippi from Memphis, Tennessee.
DeSoto County DA Matthew Barton, the county’s first-ever Republican and youngest DA, says the hostile greeting is intended to prevent out-of-state criminals from committing violent crimes while visiting the state.
“We are going to be loud and clear that DeSoto County does not coddle violent criminals. If you bring violence across our state line, we are going to prosecute you aggressively and hold you accountable,” Barton said, according to WREG. “People on death row are the losers of life’s lottery…If violent criminals are looking for a state that coddles crime, Mississippi is not it. They’d better think twice before they act here.”
“Safety is achieved through enforcement,” Barton added. “Safe communities do not happen by accident. They happen because law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, and citizens refuse to surrender their communities to violent criminals.”
Barton’s latest billboard comes on the heels of another viral campaign, which advised: “Memphis Criminals: Turn Back Now! Prison Awaits You In DeSoto County.”
DeSoto county residents spoken to by WREG were largely receptive to the DA’s latest assertive anti-crime bulletin, with at least one woman disagreeing with the sign’s message.
“I think that’s a good thing to do,” explained Larry Games from Lake Cormorant. “Want to make sure they don’t come down here if they’re intent on doing bad things. They don’t need to come down here.”
A Hernando resident strongly disapproves of the DA’s billboard message.
“I think it’s a reversion to barbarism and away from the rule of law,” the resident explained. “I think it’s a terrible message to send. I thought we were a democracy and it doesn’t seem like we’re any of that any more.”
At the Mississippi Welcome Center south of Hernando, a few out-of-state motorists shared their thoughts on the billboard.
“I think it’s a good idea to deter crime, I really do,” said Jesse Barr from Bordelonville, Louisiana. “I think somebody reads that and they might think ‘I could be shot in a firing squad…so I may not want to commit a crime.’”
“You better think twice. We’re from Chicago, so I think a lot of people in Chicago would probably appreciate that message right now,” shared Kevin and Sandy McCue.
The Mississippi legislature approved the archaic execution method in 2017, joining Oklahoma, South Carolina, Idaho and Utah in allowing death by firing squad.
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ai view – On April 24, 2026, the Trump administration announced it would allow firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as authorized methods for federal executions. You have the alligator swamp prison and the return of Alkatraz, homeless being locked up and injected, then you have the ice scum secret army and their detention centres where non criminals waste away till death, more than 6 children died in Trump’s first term alone in those facilities this is the world of Trump
Deterrence doesn’t work for crimes like this. They are mostly crimes of passion where they do it emotionally without thinking it through. U.S. states without the death penalty have consistently had lower m u r d e r rates than states with it The problem with the death penalty is innocent people do get convicted. 1600 exonerated (where they realized they convicted the wrong person) over the past 50 years. This is believed to be the tip of the iceberg.
Deterrence doesn’t work for crimes like this. They are mostly crimes of passion where they do it emotionally without thinking it through.
U.S. states without the death penalty have consistently had lower murder rates than states with it
The problem with the death penalty is innocent people do get convicted.
1600 exonerated (where they realized they convicted the wrong person) over the past 50 years. This is believed to be the tip of the iceberg.
Trumps firing squad is satanic how many men have to kill one person?. What if evidence emerges afterwards? One of the rifles is loaded with a blank to provide ‘diffused responsibility’ – Firing squads use diffused responsibility to reduce the psychological trauma on individual executioners – the Trump administration knows it’s wrong and evil and that is what they are all about.
Do you know a single thing about how government works? Mississippi is a STATE, Trump has nothing to do with this decision. Even a pardon would have to come from the Govenor. Trump does NOT have a firing squad, stop spreading untruths.
Wrong this is a Trump administration order made on the 26th of April 2026 try to keep up. Trump is behind this Mississippi has never executed by firing squad before, as the man says a return to barbarism
The Mississippi legislature passed it in 2017, it was updated in 2022 when Trump was out-of-office. He has nothing to do with it.
…Billboard Puts Would-be Criminals on Notice: ‘Welcome to Mississippi. Firing Squad is Legal. Think Twice’
It may take 10 to 20 years for a firing squad.
Think twice, you may die in the prison system before the state can shoot your ass.