The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp ...

Trump's DOJ announced last week it is bringing the practice back to federal death row. Death penalty critics are concerned ...

A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very rarely in modern day United States: execution by firing squad. Senate ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

As construction on Idaho’s new firing squad execution facility moves forward, advocacy groups are planning a protest Tuesday outside Cator Ruma & Associates, the firm contracted to help design the ...

The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. (Photo courtesy of the Utah State Department of Corrections) A bill to add the ...

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Sen. Mike Young said the bill would provide the IDOC with an option if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Those who oppose the bill argue it's unnecessary, inhumane and could invite lawsuits over ...