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The state Legislature approved a bill allowing Idaho to execute inmates by firing squad with a veto-proof majority. The bill will head to the governor’s desk next.

The method will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.

A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the Legislature with a veto-proof majority

A bill that would allow Idaho to execute condemned inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the Legislature with a veto-proof majority. Firing squads will

House Bill 186 authorizes execution by firing squad if lethal injection is not available. Idaho Senate approved March 20, 2023, by vote of 24-11.

Idaho is close to being fifth U.S. state to adopt executions by firing squad. It will only be used if the state cant get drugs for lethal injections.

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — 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 governor’s desk. House Bill 186, sponsored by Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, and Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, passed the Senate by a […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is poised to allow firing squads to execute condemned inmates when the state can't get lethal-injection drugs, under a bill the Legislature passed Monday with a veto-proof ma...

Idaho previously had a firing squad option on the books but has never used it.

A bill would allow executions to be carried out by firing squad if Idaho cannot obtain the drug for lethal injections. Four states currently have similar bills.