BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Idaho’s prison system is pursuing a remote-operated system for firing squad executions as the state builds toward becoming the first in the U.S. with it as the primary method ...

The Idaho lawmaker who spearheaded the state’s shift to firing squad executions said he was frustrated with the outcome of the University of Idaho student murder case that allowed Bryan Kohberger to ...

More than 1,600 people have been put to death in the U.S. in the last half-century. Only three have been by firing squad. South Carolina is set to make it four Friday evening when it is scheduled to ...

Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) recently signed legislation making the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution. Other states should follow suit. If we believe some crimes deserve death, ...

Idaho’s plans to build a special chamber to execute prisoners via firing squad may include some sort of remote-controlled system to pull the trigger. According to a story by the Idaho Statesman’s ...

Idaho’s death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna houses male prisoners sentenced to death. Incarcerated women on death row are housed at the Women’s Correctional Center in ...

Bryan Kohberger avoided the death penalty with guilty pleas for four murders. Idaho lawmaker behind firing squad executions law took aim at the outcome. Case prosecutors cited certainty and finality ...