Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take ...

Idaho previously had a firing squad for executions, which it adopted as an option in 1982, but never used it. That option was removed from state law in 2009 after the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Idaho could become the only state in the nation to have a firing squad as the primary method of execution.. Idaho Gov. Brad Little will have before him House Bill 37, which passed both the House ...

Idaho lawmakers have moved to reinstate the firing squad as a lethal injection alternative for death row inmates By Michael Ruiz Fox News Published March 23, 2023 7:00am EDT ...

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. Brad Little signed House Bill ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

Outraged family members of the slain University of Idaho students said they will fight the plea deal accepted by Bryan ...

Idaho’s push to bring back firing squads, has faced backlash. The state’s major construction union has said it will not participate. Opponents of the method paint it as barbaric.

Idaho Idaho beefs up firing squad as Bryan Kohberger trial nears In 2023, state lawmakers made the firing squad a viable backup plan, now some want it to be the primary means of execution ...

Idaho passed a bill in 2023 cementing firing squads as a backup method if lethal injection is not feasible. According to House Bill 37, lethal injection will become the alternative method once the ...

Idaho hasn’t executed a death row prisoner since June 2012, and just two in more than 30 years. The Idaho Legislature just passed a bill that would make the firing squad the primary method of ...