The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take effect next year if it is signed by Gov. Brad Little.

Only five states allow firing squads for executions. But the firing squad isn’t the primary death penalty method in any of ...

While debating a $2.5 million library grant request, several JFAC members publicly disagreed over the committee's voting ...

Idaho's Senate approved a bill that designates firing squads as the primary method of execution, as the Idaho Department of Correction continues preparations to implement the new procedure.

A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad, the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...

Under the bill, the primary form of execution would change from lethal injection to a firing squad. The director of the Idaho ...

Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...

Idaho legislature sends firing squad bill to governor, considers pulling out of physician education partnership; a bill to ...

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

House Bill 37 heads to the governor’s desk, and if it goes into effect, would make Idaho the only state in the U.S. to use ...