A new bill would make the firing squad Idaho's primary means of execution, after the state recently restored it as a backup ...

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

Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to make a firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. Under Idaho law, ...

This bill is not about whether the death penalty is good or bad,” Idaho Republican Representative Bruce Skaug stated. “Our job is to carry it out in the most efficient manner under the bounds of our ...

The legislature in Idaho has moved to make firing squads the primary form of execution for prisoners on death row, citing ...

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

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

Idaho lawmakers are moving to bolster their newly restored firing squad as the state's primary means of execution with eight current death row inmates and the capital murder trial of student ...

Idaho’s Republicans agree. Skaug told the Idaho Statesman news service his firing-squad bill was about offering “dignity for all”. “It is retribution, for the families that lost someone to ...

Under Idaho law, lethal injection is the primary method, but executions by firing squad are allowed if executioners can't obtain the drugs required. The proposed legislation would make Idaho the ...

Eleven months after Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the first time ever using lethal injection, Republican lawmakers have their targets set on adopting a firing squad as the state’s ...