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Idaho adopts firing squad as primary execution method.

6/14/2026

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Idaho will make the firing squad its primary execution method on July 1, 2026 after spending $1.2 million to remodel the chamber.
The Department of Correction is recruiting six volunteers who have three years of experience and hit a 21-foot target.
Governor Brad Little signed the bills that elevated the firing squad and authorized purchase of five DD5-P .308 rifles for $4,844 each, leaving death row at eight inmates after last execution in June 2012.

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Story summary

Idaho will make the firing squad its primary execution method on July 1, 2026 after spending $1.2 million to remodel the chamber.
The Department of Correction is recruiting six volunteers who have three years of experience and hit a 21-foot target.
Governor Brad Little signed the bills that elevated the firing squad and authorized purchase of five DD5-P .308 rifles for $4,844 each, leaving death row at eight inmates after last execution in June 2012.