Fresh interest in firing squads comes as states scramble for alternatives to lethal injections after pharmaceutical companies barred the use of their drugs.
Lethal injections, the common method of execution in the US, might come to a standstill after pharmaceutical companies barred the use of their drugs for the same. The look for alternatives has led the country to firing squads over the gallows.
The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using
Idaho lawmakers passed a bill this week seeking to add the state to the list of those authorizing firing squads, which currently includes Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and South Carolina
Idaho lawmakers passed a bill this week seeking to add the state to the list of those authorizing firing squads. Renewed interest comes in part as the state.