A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain. Michael Wade Nance ...

Idaho lawmakers are moving to bolster their newly restored firing squad as the state's primary means of execution with eight current death row inmates and the capital murder trial of student ...

Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill Tuesday, which would make Idaho the only U.S. state to give preference to a firing squad. Skaug sponsored a bill that became law in 2023 that added ...

BOISE — With very little debate, the Idaho House overwhelmingly voted to pass HB 37, which would make the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution. Currently, the state’s main ...

Kolkata: Shloka was a five-month-old Dobermann and Mantra was a four-month-old Cocker Spaniel when they were inducted into the Kolkata Police Dog Squad in Nov 2023. They proceeded to Cuttack to ...

Michael Wade Nance, on Georgia's death row for a 1993 murder, argued that lethal injection could cause him severe pain due to his medical history and proposed a firing squad as an alternative.

The Idaho House on Thursday widely approved a bill to make death by firing squad the main death penalty method in Idaho. If passed into law, Idaho could become the only state to have death by ...

ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain and suggested a firing squad as an alternative.