3 days ago · The Idaho Legislature already appropriated $750,000 to remodel or build a firing squad facility at the Idaho Department of Correction, the bill’s fiscal note says, saying that it does not expect additional funds would be requested. Skaug acknowledged that more funds will be needed to develop the firing squad facility.

1 day ago · BOISE — A committee advanced a bill Monday to potentially make Idaho the only state to use the firing squad as its primary method of execution. The House Judiciary and Rules Committee voted on ...

Jan 21, 2025 · If passed into law in Idaho, the firing squad would not overtake lethal injection as the state’s primary method until July 2026, Skaug said. That would grant the state prison system time to ...

Mar 27, 2023 · Idaho may soon use firing squads to execute death-row inmates if no lethal injection drugs are available, under a new law signed last week.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs. The Legislature passed the measure March 20 with a veto-proof majority. Under it, firing squads will be used only ...

Mar 21, 2023 · Idaho lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would allow execution by firing squad, according to the legislature’s website. State Rep. Bruce D. Skaug confirmed the move in a statement to...

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.

Mar 28, 2023 · Idaho will become the fifth state to autho­rize the fir­ing squad as a method of exe­cu­tion and may become the first state to manda­to­ri­ly impose it on a death row pris­on­er since 1976. Idaho’s Governor Brad Little signed HB 186 into law on March 24, 2023, and it …

Mar 25, 2023 · BOISE, Idaho — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide...

Jan 24, 2025 · 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.They are now looking ...