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

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

Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

According to an article by the Idaho Capital Sun, Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 37 into law on Wednesday, making ...

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

Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on ...

House Bill 37 doesn't go into effect until July 1, 2026. Bill sponsor Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, has said that will give the ...

In 2023, Idaho passed a law to allow firing squads for executions. But that law only allowed firing squads as a back-up execution method when lethal injection – the primary execution method in Idaho ...

Idaho ’s governor signed into law a bill Wednesday making the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution. Joan ...