Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old graduate student accused of stalking and killing four college students in Idaho, may be subject to the controversial punishment after the state decided to approve a measure reviving it earlier this week.
A bill allowing Idaho to execute convicted inmates by firing squad is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the House with a veto-proof majority.
Idaho is prepared to allow fire squads to carry out executions of convicted criminals when the state is unable to obtain lethal injection drugs, according to a measure the Legislature passed on Monday with a veto-proof majority.
Firing squads will only be used as a last resort—the planned execution of one death row prisoner has already been repeatedly delayed due to drug shortages.
Legislators in other states have recently hastened to reinstate more traditional execution procedures due to issues obtaining the medications required for long-standing lethal injection programs. The action by Idaho lawmakers is consistent with actions taken by lawmakers in those other states. With the justification that these drugs were developed to save lives, not terminate them, drug companies are increasingly forbidding executioners from using their products.
Only a few states presently allow firing squads as a last resort, according to the Death Penalty Information Center: Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Until a legal dispute is settled, South Carolina legislation is suspended.
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