Idaho bill aims to use firing squad as primary form of execution
BOISE — A bill was introduced Tuesday to make the firing squad the primary method of execution by the state. Currently, the state’s primary method of carrying out the death penalty is lethal injection, and the firing squad is to be used if the chemicals for lethal injection cannot be obtained.
Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, presented the bill to the House Judiciary and Rules Committee, which voted unanimously to introduce it. The bill will come back for a full hearing.
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