'We actually know what's always humane': AZ lawmaker wants to bring back firing squads
Calling the current system inhumane and problematic, a state lawmaker wants to give voters the chance to replace the current method of killing convicted murderers with the firing squad.
Lawmaker: Ask Arizona voters to OK firing squad executions
Rep. Alexander Kolodin says Arizona voters should decide whether to replace lethal injection with firing squads as the state's method for execution.
Arizona lawmaker proposes firing squad for executions
Calling the current system inhumane and problematic, a state lawmaker wants to give voters the chance to replace the current method of killing convicted murderers with the firing
Legislator wants to put firing-squad option for executions on ballot
Calling the current system inhumane and problematic, a state lawmaker wants to give voters the chance to replace the current method of killing convicted murderers with the firing
‘Dignity for all’: Idaho bill proposes firing squad as state’s primary execution method
I see this bill as being less problematic with appeals in the courts,” said Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, who proposed the change in law.
Idaho Moves to Bring Back Firing Squads for Executions
Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to make a firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. Under Idaho law, lethal injection is the primary method, but executions by firing squad are allowed if executioners can't obtain the drugs required.
Idaho firing squad bill introduced
A newly introduced bill would make death by firing squad the main method of execution in Idaho.
Idaho introduces bill to make death by firing squad main form of execution
Idaho could become the first state to use death by firing squad as its primary method of execution if a new bill passes.
Firing squads might be primary execution method in one state after injection failure
A bill put forward by Republican lawmakers in Idaho has just passed a judiciary committee to make firing squads the primary execution method in the state, following the failure of the lethal injection last year.
In 2026, voters in Arizona could be deciding on how capital punishment is administered. Here's why.
Current law allows those who are sentenced to death for offenses committed before Nov. 23, 1992, to choose between death by ...
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Firing squads will never be a more 'humane' way to die in Arizona | Opinion
A Republican lawmaker wants Arizona voters to allow executions by firing squad because, he says, riddling convicts with bullets is 'always humane.' ...
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Idaho moves to make firing squads primary method of execution citing failed lethal injections
The legislature in Idaho has moved to make firing squads the primary form of execution for prisoners on death row, citing ...
Idaho beefs up firing squad as Bryan Kohbeger trial nears
A new bill would make the firing squad Idaho's primary means of execution, after the state recently restored it as a backup ...
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Legislator wants to change death penalty to firing squads
Calling the current system inhumane and problematic, a state lawmaker wants to give voters the chance to replace the current ...
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Arizona high court rejects Valentine's Day execution request
In an order Wednesday, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a pleading ... the most humane method might be a firing squad. Hobbs then fired Duncan. She simultaneously said she was confident a ...