Idaho could become the first state to use death by firing squad as its primary method of execution if a new bill passes.

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 ...

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Republican lawmakers in Idaho are considering going back to what some consider an archaic execution method because of a ...

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Representative Skaug presented legislation in the judiciary committee on Tuesday that would turn the firing squad into ...

A Nampa legislator wants to make death by firing squad the primary way of administering the death penalty in Idaho. Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the legislation to the Idaho House Judiciary, ...

The Representative who introduced the bill, Bruce Skaug, said it is "less problematic" than execution by legal drugs.

I see this bill as being less problematic with appeals in the courts,” said Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, who proposed the ...

A bill was introduced Tuesday to make the firing squad the primary method of execution by the state. Currently, the state’s ...