The firing squad option was removed in 2009 after never being used, but in recent years Idaho has struggled to obtain the drugs needed to carry out death sentences.

Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks, a Republican who co-sponsored that state's firing squad bill, told his fellow senators Monday (3/20) that the state's difficulty in finding lethal injection drugs could ...

Firing squad was already allowed in Idaho. Bill would make lethal injection the back-up execution method. In 2023, Idaho passed a law to allow firing squads for executions.

Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, left, co-sponsored a bill that passed Monday to reinstate a firing squad as the state’s backup method of execution. Sen. Todd M. Lakey, R-Nampa, right, chair of ...

Idaho is poised to allow firing squads to execute condemned inmates when the state can't get lethal-injection drugs, under a new bill. News Sports Business Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries ...

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 majority.

A bill that would restore the firing squad as a method of execution in Idaho advanced Wednesday through a committee for a House floor vote. The Idaho Capitol building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Boise.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho's primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor's desk this week.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little last Wednesday signed into law House Bill 37, which will make the firing squad the default method on July 1, 2026. Both chambers of the Idaho Legislature widely approved the ...

Idaho lawmakers passed a bill on March 20, 2023, that would authorize the use of firing squads if the state is unable to obtain drugs required for its lethal injection program. The bill will head ...

Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday morning signed into law House Bill 37, ...