Mar 27, 2023 · Idaho may soon use firing squads to execute death-row inmates if no lethal injection drugs are available, under a new law signed last week. On Friday, Republican Gov. …

Jan 21, 2025 · From 1980-1982, Utah had the firing squad as its primary execution method, according to Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York City and one …

Idaho lawmakers passed a bill on March 20, 2023, that would authorize the use of firing squads if the state is unable to obtain drugs required for its lethal injection program.They are now …

Mar 25, 2023 · BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment …

Mar 21, 2023 · The Idaho state Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow death row inmates to be executed by firing squad, bringing back a method of capital punishment that hasn’t been …

Jan 22, 2025 · Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to make a firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. Why It Matters. Under Idaho law, lethal injection is the primary …

Jan 21, 2025 · Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, spoke to the committee about his bill on Jan. 21, 2025, which would make the firing squad the priority execution method. By Ruth Brown, Idaho …

Mar 25, 2023 · Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide …

Mar 28, 2023 · Idaho will become the fifth state to autho­rize the fir­ing squad as a method of exe­cu­tion and may become the first state to manda­to­ri­ly impose it on a death row pris­on­er …

Mar 20, 2023 · Idaho is poised to become the fifth U.S. state to approve prisoner executions by firing squad after the proposed law cleared the Legislature on Monday on its way to the …