Indiana is grappling with the high cost and short shelf life of the drug pentobarbital, which is used in executions.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little last Wednesday signed into law House Bill 37, which will make the firing squad the default method on July 1, 2026. Both chambers of the Idaho Legislature widely approved the ...

The firing squad option was removed in 2009 after never being used, but in recent years Idaho has struggled to obtain the drugs needed to carry out death sentences.

The governor said Indiana no longer has any usable lethal injection drugs. Instead of purchasing more — and risking expiration, given the drug’s 90-day shelf life — his office plans to order new execution drugs only when legal proceedings are near finishing.

A draft bill in Idaho would allow firing squads if lethal injection is unavailable. A December execution was called off when the state couldn't get the drugs.

Idaho lawmakers passed a bill on March 20, 2023, that would authorize the use of firing squads if the state is unable to obtain drugs required for its lethal injection program. The bill will head ...

Jeff Kernodle was near Moscow the night of the murders, and said he wanted to check in on his daughter when she told him she was feeling sick.

Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks, a Republican who co-sponsored that state’s firing squad bill, told his fellow senators Monday (3/20) that the state’s difficulty in finding lethal injection drugs could ...

Idaho Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg, left, co-sponsored a bill that passed Monday to reinstate a firing squad as the state’s backup method of execution. Sen. Todd M. Lakey, R-Nampa, right, chair of ...

Wednesday's sentencing hearing will give the families of Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Kaylee Goncalves the opportunity to describe the anguish they've felt since their loved ones were killed in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022.