The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...

A new billboard bearing the message "Idaho... Don't shoot Tom Creech," has gone up in Downtown Boise. Paid for by an anti ...

Chad Daybell, six other male inmates and one female prisoner, are currently on death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution ...

The NCAA Track and Field Championships took place last Wednesday at Hayward Field as redshirt freshman Ben Smith came out on top in the men’s... TrackTown USA got its headliner last weekend as the ...

Up to six bullets will be aimed directly at the heart ...

Correction officials confirmed Westville can accommodate firing squad executions as lawmakers, governor and the U.S. Justice Department push for changes to protocols ...

Idaho has become the only US state to make a firing squad its default method of execution, with officials now seeking volunteer police officers.

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Trained members of Idaho law enforcement with demonstrated firearms proficiency are expected to fill slots for carrying out the death penalty by firing squad as the state ...

Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

A claim (archived) circulated online in June 2026 that, starting July 1, Idaho would use the firing squad as its primary method of execution for death-row prisoners. One Facebook user wrote, "Idaho is ...