(PJ Media) Idaho has decided the death penalty shouldn't depend on a drug company, a missing vein, or a supply chain nobody wants to talk about.
As of Wednesday, the state has now made the firing squad its primary method of execution. Lethal injection remains available as a backup, but Idaho has moved the rifle ahead of the needle because the old system has become slow, fragile, and legally tangled. From Newsmax:
The state spent more than $1 million on the project, including rifles for volunteer marksmen.
The move comes as states continue searching for alternatives after repeated problems with lethal injection and recent legal challenges involving nitrogen gas executions.
Idaho is now one of seven states that authorize firing squads under some circumstances, with state officials saying the method provides a reliable means of carrying out death sentences.