A new Idaho law exempts execution procedures from judicial review and public scrutiny, raising concerns about transparency and accountability in the death penalty system.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very ...

People against the death penalty gathered outside of Cator Ruma and Associates on March 31, 2026 to protest. Cator Ruma and Associates is a Boise engineering firm contracted to design Idaho’s new ...

A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House this week, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority. The legislation could still be ...

A group of protesters made its way to the doors of a Boise engineering firm on Tuesday with a petition. Its message? Asking the engineers to stop designing a firing squad chamber for the state of ...

The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. Arizona Republican lawmakers want to bring firing squads back to the Grand Canyon ...

Lawmakers at the statehouse debated the use of firing squads for state executions. A bill that would have authorized a firing squad to carry out the death penalty in Indiana failed to pass out of the ...

The event organized by One Rises and Death Penalty Action is scheduled for Tuesday, just before the upcoming deadline, following the state's law designating the firing squad as its main method of ...

BOISE, Idaho — Advocates are attempting to stop renovations on an Idaho jail that officials hope to convert into a designated location for firing squad executions. At an event scheduled for Tuesday, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority. The legislation ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A bill that would allow executions by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable or at an inmate’s request is fueling ongoing debates over secrecy, drug costs and “humane” ...