A new bill would make the firing squad Idaho's primary means of execution, after the state recently restored it as a backup ...

Idaho is bringing back the firing squad. Lethal injection has been the legally specified method. But shortages of the necessary drugs and controversy surrounding their effectiveness have prompted the ...

The legislature in Idaho has moved to make firing squads the primary form of execution for prisoners on death row, citing ...

I see this bill as being less problematic with appeals in the courts,” said Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, who proposed the ...

Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to make a firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. Under Idaho law, ...

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

A bill was introduced to the Idaho Legislature to make death by firing squad the main style of execution in the state.

Currently, the state’s primary method of carrying out the death penalty is lethal injection, and the firing squad is to be used if the chemicals for lethal injection cannot be obtained.

Eleven months after Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the first time ever using lethal injection, Republican lawmakers have their targets set on adopting a firing squad as the state’s ...

Under Idaho law, lethal injection is the primary method, but executions by firing squad are allowed if executioners can't obtain the drugs required. The proposed legislation would make Idaho the ...

Eleven months after Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the first time ever using lethal injection, Republican lawmakers have their targets set on using a firing squad as the state’s primary ...