Firing squads might be primary execution method in 1 state

Firing squads might be primary execution method in one state after injection failure
A bill put forward by Republican lawmakers in Idaho has just passed a judiciary committee to make firing squads the primary execution method in the state, following the failure of the lethal injection last year.
Idaho Moves to Bring Back Firing Squads for Executions
Idaho has not carried out any executions by firing squads and a facility for such executions needs to be built. It is among the states that have turned to alternative methods after struggling to obtain lethal drugs since pharmaceutical companies barred the use of their drugs in executions.
Idaho to consider firing squad as primary form of execution
Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Idaho’s neighboring state executed Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010 by firing squad. Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina also permit use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection.
‘Dignity for all’: Idaho bill proposes firing squad as state’s primary execution method
Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill Tuesday, which would make Idaho the only U.S. state to give preference to a firing squad. Skaug sponsored a bill that became law in 2023 that added back the firing squad as a backup method of execution in the state, but only when lethal injection is not possible because of a lack of execution drugs.
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Idaho bill aims to use firing squad as primary form of execution
Currently, the state’s primary method of carrying out the death penalty is lethal injection, and the firing squad is to be used if the chemicals for lethal injection cannot be obtained.
Idaho moves to make firing squad primary execution method
Representative Skaug presented legislation in the judiciary committee on Tuesday that would turn the firing squad into Idaho's primary form of execution.The fir
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