Idaho hasn't carried out an execution since 2012 due to an inability to obtain lethal injection drugs, though a new law that recently took effect makes death by firing squad the state's backup ...

Pizzuto’s execution has been scheduled and called off several times. During the 2023 legislative session, the Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 186, which adds the firing squad as an ...

Pizzuto's execution has been scheduled and called off several times. During the 2023 legislative session, the Idaho Legislature passed House Bill 186, which adds the firing squad as an alternative ...

“We need to talk about what’s happening in Idaho,” announces Wren Woodson, her face greenscreened over an image of a wolf in snow. Woodson, who describes herself on TikTok as a Wisconsin ...

ATLANTA — The Eleventh Circuit overturned the dismissal of a death-row inmate’s petition requesting to be executed by firing squad instead of a lethal injection, which he has plausibly shown may not ...

Ongoing difficulties by states in securing supplies of execution drugs ... In July, Idaho became the fifth state to authorize executions by firing squad. The last time a U.S. inmate was executed ...

The November execution of a man on Idaho’s death row was delayed on Wednesday because the state’s parole board has granted a hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison.

The House bill adds an option of executions by firing squads consisting of five law enforcement officers chosen by the state corrections director. Missouri's next execution is scheduled for Jan. 29.

Idaho hasn’t executed a death row inmate since June 2012, and just two in almost 30 years. The state’s preferred method is lethal injection, at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna ...