Idaho on Verge of Becoming Fifth State to Use Firing Squads for ExecutionsIdaho’s legislature passed legislation allowing death by firing squad, stressing that this was
passed by veto-proof margins.
This move sets up the firing squad as an execution option for instances in which the drugs for lethal injection cannot be obtained.
Utah firing squads consist of five prison staffers, all of whom use a rifle to shoot at a target placed upon the heart of the condemned individual. Four of the rifles are loaded with real ammunition while one is loaded with a blank. The five participants have no idea who shoots real rounds and who shoots the blank.
Execution by firing squad is currently legal in Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
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