Idaho's state legislature passed the bill with a veto-proof majority to reinstate a firing squad as the state’s backup method of execution for death row inmates.
Idaho lawmakers have approved a bill that could allow prisoner executions by firing squad, the latest move by a state to revisit older methods of capital punishment.to reinstate a firing squad as the state’s backup method of execution for death row inmates. A longtime death row inmate has had his scheduled execution next week postponed multiple times because due to the scarcity of drugs used for lethal injections.
"This is not talking about the merits of whether we should have the death penalty or not," said state Sen. Doug Ricks, a co-sponsor of the bill during a Senate debate Monday. "This is about justice. I do think this a humane way to do it." Skaug also said those drugs may not be available anytime soon and that the state needs an alternative to carry out death sentences.Pizzuto, 66, who suffers from terminal bladder cancer, has spent nearly 40 years on death row for his role in the 1985 murders of two gold prospectors. Last month,ordering his execution on March 23, but an appellate judge granted Pizzuto a stay of execution two weeks ago.
. "The state must have the ability to fully carry out the just sentences as ordered by the court in this case."Expert says using firing squad for executions sends 'brutal message'
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