Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
Idaho is the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs.
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 if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation into law on Friday that added firing squads as an alternative method ...
While federal executions have been put on hold since 2021, individual states can still carry them out. Among the methods considered have been electric chairs and using nitrogen gas.