Idaho Moves to Bring Back Firing Squads for Executions
1 day ago · 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 method, but executions ...
Idaho to pursue firing squad as leading execution method | Idaho …
2 days ago · If passed into law in Idaho, the firing squad would overtake lethal injection as the state’s primary method in July 2026, Skaug said. That would grant the state prison system time to complete ...
Bill introduced to make firing squad Idaho’s first execution option
3 days ago · 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 Reports . The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee introduced a bill Tuesday to make the firing squad the first option for executing a condemned person.
‘Dignity for all’: Idaho bill proposes firing squad as state’s primary ...
2 days ago · 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 ...
Idaho is the latest state to permit execution by firing squad
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.
Why executions by firing squad may be coming back in the US
Mar 24, 2023 · Under Idaho’s bill, firing squads would be used only if executioners can’t obtain the drugs required for lethal injections. As lethal injection became the primary execution method in the 2000s, drug companies began barring use of their drugs, saying they …
Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
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 amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs. The Legislature passed the measure March 20 with a veto-proof majority. Under it, firing squads will be used only ...
Idaho brings back firing squad for death row executions - Law
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 allowed in the state since 2009.
Idaho lawmakers approve execution by firing squad | CNN Politics
Mar 21, 2023 · Idaho lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would allow execution by firing squad, according to the legislature’s website. State Rep. Bruce D. Skaug confirmed the move in a statement to...
Idaho takes aim at death penalty delays with firing squad - Idaho Statesman
Mar 20, 2023 · House Bill 186, sponsored by Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, and Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, passed the Senate by a 24-11 vote. The bill would establish a firing squad as the state’s backup method...