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Idaho Moves Closer to Firing Squad Executions
Loaded on May 1, 2026
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2026, page 13
Filed under:
Death Penalty,
State Legislation,
Method of Execution,
Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
Location:
Idaho.
If the stipulations of a 2025 law proceed according to plan, Idaho will switch to using firing squads as its primary method of performing executions by July 1 of this year. Governor Brad Little (R) signed HB 37 into law in March 2025, cementing executions by firing squad as …
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