BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Department of Correction is preparing to implement execution by firing squad as the primary method of execution starting July 1, 2026.

The state prison system suspended its ability to carry out the death penalty through at least the end of the year as officials begin the transition to firing squad executions.

Idaho pauses executions into 2026 as prison system preps for firing squad May 27, 2025 Updated Tue., May 27, 2025 at 5:12 p.m. Idaho hasn’t executed a death row inmate since June 2012.

Idaho paused executions into 2026 for prison renovations enabling firing squad. Idaho hasn't executed a prisoner in nearly 13 years, last doing so in June 2012.

The state prison system suspended its ability to carry out the death penalty ... Idaho pauses executions into 2026 as prison system preps for firing squad. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman; May 27 ...

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Mahdi chose to be executed by firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution in the killing of an off-duty police officer in 2004.. All three guns fired simultaneously and prison officials ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets ...