Idaho could become the only state in the nation to have a firing squad as the primary method of execution. Idaho Gov. Brad Little will have before him House Bill 37, which passed both the House ...

The state of Idaho recently passed a bill that was signed into law that would expand the death penalty to pedophiles. It also became the first state in the union to make a firing squad its preferred ...

Mahdi’s scheduled execution comes soon after the nation’s first firing squad execution in 15 years, which South Carolina carried out on March 7. Five days later, Idaho’s Republican governor ...

The past three executions by firing squad had been in Utah. In March, Idaho passed legislation designating the firing squad as its primary method of execution, a move supported by Gov. Brad Little.

Idaho now stands out as the only state favoring firing squads. It also boosted penalties for pot and cut taxes. The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in ...

Due to changes to Idaho's death penalty procedures, the 30-year-old could face the firing squad as a method of execution - a prospect that has been welcomed by some of the victims’ families.

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, a South Carolina police officer, and burning his body. Brad Sigmon also chose this method.

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

Five states − South Carolina, Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and Idaho − have legalized firing squads as an execution method but Mahdi's will only be the fifth such execution since 1977.

Idaho, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Utah are the only states that authorize firing squads as a form of capital punishment. Idaho's recent change in laws to establish a firing squad as ...