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Idaho prosecutors seek death penalty for Andrea Shaw

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC · How we work

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Shaw Faces Death Penalty

Idaho prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Andrea Shaw for killing her twin toddlers.
The 18-month-old twins, Dallas and Tyson, were found dead in their Payette home on May 1, 2025.
Shaw’s defense argues the twins died from adverse reactions to flu, hepatitis A and DTaP vaccines given eight days earlier.
Shaw’s trial is set for January 2027, with her remaining held without bond.

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Idaho Adopts Firing Squad

Idaho adopted firing squads as its primary execution method in July 2024.
The change followed a botched lethal-injection attempt on Thomas Creech earlier in 2024.
If convicted, Shaw could become Idaho’s first person executed since 2012.
State officials said difficulty locating a suitable vein prompted the shift away from lethal injection.
The firing-squad method now replaces pentobarbital lethal injection as Idaho’s default capital-punishment procedure.

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Historical Context

The 1976 Supreme Court ruling in Gregg v. Georgia ended the Furman moratorium and required a bifurcated sentencing process. Utah’s 1977 firing-squad execution of Gary Gilmore was the first post-Gregg death, and Idaho, which performed eight executions between 1994-2012, adopted firing squads as its primary method in 2024. The change could produce the state’s first execution since 2012, part of 1,660 U.S. executions since 1976.

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Shaw Faces Death Penalty

Idaho prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Andrea Shaw for killing her twin toddlers.
The 18-month-old twins, Dallas and Tyson, were found dead in their Payette home on May 1, 2025.
Shaw’s defense argues the twins died from adverse reactions to flu, hepatitis A and DTaP vaccines given eight days earlier.
Shaw’s trial is set for January 2027, with her remaining held without bond.

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