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Between 2021 and 2023, 100% of all executions in the U.S. were done by lethal injection. In the last year and a half, 16% ...
A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.
The new law approved by Gov. Brad Little makes Idaho the only U.S. state with the controversial method to put prisoners to ...
Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as ...
Idaho is set to become the only U.S. state with a firing squad as its primary execution method. The prison system has to ...
Stephen Stanko, a convicted murderer, chose after courts denied him more information about South Carolina's firing squad and ...
Some pharmaceutical companies have either stopped production or refused to provide them for executions. While the Florida bill doesn't include the words "firing squad," "hanging," or "nitrogen ...
This story originally published May 27 on Idaho Reports. The Idaho Department of Correction has put a pause on all state ...
Convicted murderer Ralph Leroy Menzies chose death by firing squad when he was sentenced to death, which a judge has ruled he ...
As of July 1, 2026, firing squad executions will be the primary method of execution in Idaho, complying with House Bill 37.
The Idaho Department of Correction has put a pause on all state executions as of May 23 to complete renovations of the death ...