The Idaho Senate approved a state House of Representatives bill Monday allowing the use of a firing squad to execute a prisoner only when lethal injection drugs are not available.
As it stands, there have already been postponements of executions in the state due to the dearth of drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have become less willing to let their products be used to take life instead of saving it, leaving states to resort to other execution options.
The creation or retrofitting of a chamber to use for a firing squad will cost around $750,000, according to the Idaho bill’s statement of purpose. The law will take effect July 1.State Rep. Bruce Skaug, Nampa Republican, told an Idaho Senate panel last week, “There needs to be retribution as part of our sentencing.
“I’ve seen the aftermath of shootings, and it’s psychologically damaging to anybody who witnesses it. The use of the firing squad is, in my opinion, beneath the dignity of the state of Idaho,” he said in a state Senate hearing Monday.
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