Idaho lawmakers vote to bring back firing squad as backup method for death row executions – By Elura Nanos (Law & Crime) / Mar 21 2023
The Idaho state Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow death row inmates to be executed by firing squad, bringing back a method of capital punishment that hasn’t been allowed in the state since 2009.
The veto-proof measure, which passed in the senate with by a vote of 24-11 following a 50-15 vote in the house, now heads to Republican Gov. Brad Little to be signed into law.
House Bill 186 provides that if legal injection is not available, “the method of execution shall be firing squad.” There are a number of reasons why lethal injection might be “not available” for use, including pharmaceutical companies‘ refusal to provide drugs for use in executions and other supply-chain difficulties.
