Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Wednesday making death by firing squad the preferred method for executions, and death ...

Shooting prisoners to death has consequences for the reputation of the state,” a national death penalty expert said.

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

According to an article by the Idaho Capital Sun, Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 37 into law on Wednesday, making Idaho the only state to use a firing s ...

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Nine people are on death row in Idaho, according to the Idaho Department of Correction. Only five states allow firing squads ...

Idaho Governor Brad Little has signed a new law-making firing squads the state’s primary method of execution. He signed House Bill 37 Wednesday morning.

South Carolina on Friday is scheduled to put the first person to death by firing squad in the U.S. in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 2001, chose it ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name on a bill Wednesday making Idaho the only state in the U.S. to have a firing squad designated as the preferred execution method for capital punishment ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week.

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

Idaho will become the first state with such a policy once the law goes into effect on July 1, 2026. Four other states — Utah, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Mississippi — allow firing squad ...