Shooting prisoners to death has consequences for the reputation of the state,” a national death penalty expert said.

The state of Idaho recently passed a bill that was signed into law that would expand the death penalty to pedophiles.

If passed into law, House Bill 37 would make the firing squad the primary death penalty method in Idaho. Only five states ...

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name on a bill Wednesday making Idaho the only state in the U.S. to have a firing squad designated as the preferred execution method for capital punishment ...

Josh Hurwit, the most recent U.S. attorney for the District of Idaho, joins the prosecution team in the University of Idaho student homicide case.

Idaho will become the first state with such a policy once the law goes into effect on July 1, 2026. Four other states — Utah, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Mississippi — allow firing squad ...

Idaho could become the only state in the nation to have a firing squad as the primary method of execution. Idaho Gov. Brad ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday morning signed into law House Bill 37, which will make the firing squad the primary death penalty in Idaho. Both chambers of the Idaho Legislature widely ...

The Idaho Legislature just passed a bill that would make the firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. It’s now up to the governor to sign it or veto it.