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Idaho becomes the only state with firing squad as main execution method

by KYLE PFANNENSTIEL / Idaho Capital Sun
| March 12, 2025 4:57 PM

Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method.

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.

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