Faith leaders, community advocates, and relatives of a person executed by firing squad are protesting firms involved in constructing Idaho’s execution chamber due to the refusal of pharmaceutical companies to provide lethal injection drugs.
Indiana lawmakers are reconsidering the use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection, amid concerns over cost, fairness and the risk of executing innocent people.
South Carolina’s execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in five U.S. states, and has been used historically as an instrument of fear and repression.
Idaho has temporarily halted executions while the state prepares to implement the firing squad as its primary method of capital punishment, with no executions expected to take place until 2026.
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