Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name on a bill Wednesday making Idaho the only state in the U.S. to have a firing squad designated as the preferred execution method for capital punishment ...

According to an article by the Idaho Capital Sun, Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 37 into law on Wednesday, making Idaho the only state to use a firing s ...

Shooting prisoners to death has consequences for the reputation of the state,” a national death penalty expert said.

The state’s inability to kill Creech, Tewalt noted, prompted questions about using a firing squad as a secondary execution method for Idaho’s nine death row prisoners — so the department ...

Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take ...

South Carolina executed Brad Sigmon by firing squad on March 7, marking its first use of the execution method.

County Commissioner Brent Reinke oversaw two executions when he was IDOC director. "It's nothing to celebrate," Reinke said.

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, a South Carolina police officer, and burning his body.

South Carolina became the first state since 2010 to execute an inmate by firing squad. Is the method legal in Mississippi?

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the killing of James Myers, a South Carolina police officer, and burning his body.