Supporters of the bill focused their arguments on efficiency, while some opponents cite a lack of data could bring potential ...

On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee members voted 6-3 to advance HB 37, a bill which would replace lethal ...

A bill to make death by firing squad the main method of execution in Idaho is moving to the Senate floor for a vote after passing the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee on Wednesday afternoon.

BOISE, Idaho - As Idaho lawmakers discuss the future of the firing squad to carry out executions in the Gem State, the fates ...

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 new bill would make the firing squad Idaho's primary means of execution, after the state recently restored it as a backup amid struggles with lethal injection.

The state has not executed anyone since 2012. In early 2024, Idaho attempted to execute a killer named Thomas Creech, but the execution team was unable to establish an IV line. A new death warrant ...

Creech was first sentenced to death for the murders of John Wayne Bradford and Edward Thomas Arnold in 1974. He was hitchhiking when the two picked him up. Then he shot them from behind.

Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, 73-year-old serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, is scheduled to be executed on ...

He cited the existing death row case of Thomas Creech, who had a scheduled execution but it was called off after multiple attempts at lethal injection failed. “Their caseloads are simply too ...