Idaho Senate approves firing squad bill
BOISE — A bill adding the firing squad as a secondary method of execution is headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law after the Senate on Monday
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BOISE — A bill adding the firing squad as a secondary method of execution is headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law after the Senate on Monday
Idaho is one step closer to allowing execution by firing squad as an alternative death penalty sentence to lethal injection.
The Idaho Senate approved a state House of Representatives bill Monday allowing the use of a firing squad to execute a prisoner only when lethal injection drugs are not available.
Idaho lawmakers have voted to reinstate death by firing squad for condemned inmates amid a shortage of the drugs used for lethal injection executions.
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.