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Idaho lawmakers recently passed a bill that would authorize the use of firing squads if lethal injections drugs are unavailable. Other states have also authorized firing squads.
CHICAGO (AP) The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison at a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a comeback. 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 .
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