Idaho capital punishment: Bill approved that could allow firing squad
Idaho is close to being fifth U.S. state to adopt executions by firing squad. It will only be used if the state can't get drugs for lethal injections.
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Idaho is close to being fifth U.S. state to adopt executions by firing squad. It will only be used if the state can't 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.