Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable. The move makes Idaho the fifth U.S. state to authorize the execution method.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs.
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Although federal executions have been put on hold since 2021, individual states can still carry out the death penalty. Amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs, some states are looking for other ways to execute death row inmates.