Gov. Little signed a law allowing individuals convicted of sexually abusing children 12 and younger to be sentenced with the ...

While manufacturers of FDA-approved injectable pentobarbital are warning states not to use the sedative in executions, some ...

Idaho will become the only state to fatally ... Utah is the only state to have executed people by firing squad, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Utah has executed three prisoners ...

In Idaho’s case, the state hasn’t executed anyone since 2012 ... “They're willing to put that kind of investment into executing people, and I would say, likely, over the objections of ...

was executed by firing squad, the first U.S. prisoner to die by this method in 15 years. Nine people are currently on death row in Idaho, including Thomas Creech. In February 2024, the state ...

Execution by firing squad in Idaho might backfire, if you’ll excuse the pun. Maybe most people just don’t think about it much, but an execution by firing squad might get them thinking about it.

None of the others, however, use firing squads as a primary execution method. Only four people have been put to death via firing squad in the U.S. in the last half century. Idaho passed a bill in ...

with the planned execution of Brad Sigmon set for Friday. The Federal Defender Services of Idaho, which represents many of the people on the Idaho's death row, declined to comment on the bill.

adopting the firing squad as Idaho's primary method of execution. The law will apply to executions carried out on or after July 1, 2026. As of March 2025, nine people sit on death row in the state ...