Death by firing squad could become Idaho’s primary method of execution under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and it will take ...

Since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging.

Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday morning signed into law House Bill 37, which will make the ...

The execution was due to occur next week at Louisiana State Penitentiary. Hoffman, 46 — who was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of a New Orleans woman — is a Buddhist, NBC News reports.

The last firing squad execution was carried out by Utah in 2010. Brad Sigmon is set to be put to death by firing squad in South Carolina, raising questions about its continued use.