BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Idaho’s prison system is pursuing a remote-operated system for firing squad executions as the state builds toward becoming the first in the U.S. with it as the primary method ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho may never carry out an execution by lethal injection ever again as the state prepares to transition to using the firing squad as its primary method of capital punishment. The ...

BOISE, Idaho - The State of Idaho won't execute any condemned inmates until at least July 2026, as the state reinstates the firing squad as an option for execution. Idaho lawmakers passed House Bill ...

BOISE – Idaho will spend more than $900,000 to renovate its execution chamber to accommodate a firing squad as its lead method, state prison officials told the Idaho Statesman. The legislation ...

Idaho paused executions into 2026 for prison renovations enabling firing squad. Idaho hasn't executed a prisoner in nearly 13 years, last doing so in June 2012. Federal judge granted earlier ...

More than 1,600 people have been put to death in the U.S. in the last half-century. Only three have been by firing squad. South Carolina is set to make it four Friday evening when it is scheduled to ...

Bryan Kohberger avoided the death penalty with guilty pleas for four murders. Idaho lawmaker behind firing squad executions law took aim at the outcome. Case prosecutors cited certainty and finality ...

Idaho’s death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna houses male prisoners sentenced to death. Incarcerated women on death row are housed at the Women’s Correctional Center in ...

BOISE – Idaho’s prison system is pursuing a remote-operated system for firing squad executions as the state builds toward becoming the first in the U.S. with it as the primary method for carrying out ...