Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to make a firing squad the primary method of execution in the state. Under Idaho law, lethal injection is the primary method, but executions by firing squad are allowed if executioners can't obtain the drugs required.

A bill was introduced Tuesday to make the firing squad the primary method of execution by the state. Currently, the state’s primary method of carrying out the death penalty is

I see this bill as being less problematic with appeals in the courts,” said Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, who proposed the change in law.

A bill imposing the death penalty by firing squad for public officials convicted of corruption-related criminal charges with finality has been filed in the House of Representatives. This was proposed by Zamboanga Rep.

A House lawmaker filed a bill proposing the death penalty for public officials convicted of corruption, with execution by firing squad.

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Idaho’s neighboring state executed Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010 by firing squad. Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina also permit use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection.

Zamboanga City Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso sought the imposition of the death penalty by firing squad for government officials convicted of "corruption and

A measure seeking to impose the death penalty by firing squad for public officials convicted of corruption, malversation of public funds, and plunder has been filed at the House of Representatives. Zamboanga del Norte Rep.

A Nampa legislator wants to make death by firing squad the primary way of administering the death penalty in Idaho. Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the legislation to the Idaho House Judiciary,