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.
CHICAGO (AP) 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 i
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. Interest comes as states scramble for alternatives to lethal injections after pharmaceutical companies barred the use of their drugs.
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.