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

Idaho Governor Brad Little has designated the firing squad as the state's primary execution method, effective July 1, 2026.

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

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

None of the others, however, use firing squads as a primary execution method. Only four people have been put to death via firing squad in the U.S. in the last half century. Idaho passed a bill in ...

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 ...

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

But the firing squad isn’t the primary death penalty method in any of those states, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Since 2023, Idaho has allowed firing squads as a backup ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday ...