BOISE, Idaho — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs.March 20 with a veto-proof majority. Under it, firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.
“While I am signing this bill, it is important to point out that fulfilling justice can and must be done by minimizing stress on corrections personnel,” Little wrote in a transmittal letter after signing the bill,. “For the people on death row, a jury convicted them of their crimes, and they were lawfully sentenced to death. It is the responsibility of the state of Idaho to follow the law and ensure that lawful criminal sentences are carried out.
However, in a 2019 filing, U.S. lawyers cited an expert as saying someone shot by firing squad can remain conscious for 10 seconds and that it would be “severely painful, especially related to shattering of bone and damage to the spinal cord.” But Sen. Dan Foreman, also a Republican, called firing-squad executions “beneath the dignity of the state of Idaho.” They would traumatize the executioners, the witnesses and the people who clean up afterward, he said.
Idaho is full of hate and prehistoric thoughts. Very territorial and haven’t grown since the Lewis and Clark expedition. Wild, Wild, West. A deal is made by spitting in your hand, shaking and marrying off your daughter to cousin Jim. It’s like a toothless, bearded idiot cult.
That’s terrible!!!!
My gosh, we are back to middle ages.
Shove slowly 12inch rusted knife to the heart.....😀joking
Why not the guillotine? And the prisoner could be pulled on a cart drawn by 2 horses through the streets.
Works for me
Ok
Court of Human Rights.!!!
How far back do they really want the USA to go?
I wonder where the nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs went too?
They should just use the confiscated Fentanyl......no pain then death...
Let the victim's families have the option to do the shooting.
He has crazy written all over his face.
Good. It's cheaper than Electric or Gas
This works and a bullet cost a quarter
So basically you will continue to allow someone to be jailed almost a lifetime before it happens when you could just put them life instead it’s people from the 60s still jailed and the 70s and the 80s and the 90s and 2000s this doesn’t solve a thing just make you likable for vote
nothing like the pro-fetus ForcedBirth so-called 'pro-life?' crowd specializing in the most barbaric forms of Government killing prisoners.
What kind of person chooses to be part of a firing squad
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CNN nytimes MSNBC washingtonpost ABC Please tell me this is a joke? 2023 right? And resorting to the most barbaric method of killing? GOP is full of f**king savages! ISIS & the Nazis will be proud!
And the party of pro-life comes out swinging!
Love it.
It’s Idaho . Would expect anything less ?
What a waste of time. How about doing something about crime.
Show the Cruz kid being executed by firing squad and the mass shootings would cease
Omg
Bullets are cheaper than injections great job 👏
Good 👍
What's next: execution by hanging?
So much for being the prolife party.
We’re going backwards fast.
Look at all the blood lust from these right wing savages. They need to find Jesus. The American right wing, callus, vindictive, but first to whine like a baby when they get caught breaking the law. Typical troglodytes.
Take another state off the list I won’t spend a dollar in. 👋
Little very little... we are in 2023, XXI century, man went to the moon and came back, there are satellites out there...and this Little man wants to use fire squads. There is something wrong in his brain.
Republicans are literally moving backwards. Smart voters will vote these jokers out.
No!!! It’s going to be gruesome entertainment for the S&M crowd. It makes me think of the old movies and nasty smirks of the medieval crowds cheering at hangings and the guillotined heads dropping to the ground. This is too low for USA to go. GovLittle & those endorse are sick!
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Despicable!!! What’s next, hanging people in public?
Apparently, the Republicans in the legislature and the governor are not pro-life. Imposing the death penalty is actually more expensive than sentencing someone to life in prison. There are court costs, attorney fees, years of appeals, etc..
Police Misconduct in Warren County KY needs investigated. A special detail maybe? 152248 gmp is a civil rights report by me. Johnathan Buford about police misconduct on April 19, 2022.
The death penalty is a breach of Basic Human Rights and needs to be banned.
Republicans are evil
A bullet costs $1 dollar. Cost cutting, perfectly understandable.
Will they do firing squad executions during halftime of a Boise State Football game? ISIS does that during soccer games.
Why is this country trying to go back in time instead of going forward?
Fentanyl is apparently readily available.
An air bubble in an artery delivered through a syringe would be less cruel that turning the inmate’s body into a bloodied swiss cheese … fucking fixation with guns !!!
Could the shortage be cause of all those peeps at Gitmo needing some?.... 🤔
Quick easy and very cost effective. Line up
So much for the Bill of Rights.
So women have to deliver their babies on the floor at home and now they're advocating firing squads. 😳 The callous indifference is appalling.
Opinion: This guy, Gov. Brad Little is clearly a homegrown terrorist. And it's because of terrorists just like him that America was rendered incapable of winning the war on terrorism on multiple fronts. His pitiful mind is as toxic as those of the people he governs. It's evil.
This is essentially what's wrong with America. We got leadership that is uncivilized, ignorant and barbaric. I don't really want to see this jerk whining about the tragedies and violence his state may face. As you can clearly see they essentially bring it all on themselves.BanIt
What are they, a bunch of barbarians?! Cruel and shameful!
Why don’t they just do it like the movie “ The Running Man” ! Make it entertainment!
Just think of the ratings and money you could make on streaming!
Will he be one to point a gun at a man or woman and pull the trigger? Will he be the murderer?
Better yet, just get rid of the death penalty.
Sounds like we have a volunteer…
I bet pharmaceutical companies are furious right now because they can't sell poison made from a lab because a bullet cost literally nothing.
Not going to lie. If I got the death penalty I would rather somebody just point a gun at my head and pull the trigger. Simple fast and cheap. How does Canada do it with assisted suicide for elderly? I know they promote it now for veterans.
Barbaric
Practical. You don’t look very powerful to criminals by saying “ we ran out of lethal drugs”. Because they all know fentanyl is available everywhere today!
This will not happen Joe Bidnet will 'VETO' the hell out of it. Too many people getting killed with guns and the gov. is not leading by example. He will get a call in the am Monday from Joe Bidnet.
GQP is firing on all cylinders these days.
Gary Gilmore thinks it is a great idea.
High Velocity lead poisoning is sort of like a lethal injection.
Based
Is this the latest Republican punishment for women who get an abortion?
So called White people just likes and or enjoy killing plain and simple
That would be his murder. LOCK HIM UP! How many shooters in that firing squad? One of satans closest.
I don’t understand why they don’t just use fentanyl. It seems humane and it damn well works.
As a person that hated needles for my whole entire life, I would choose a firing squad over a needle if it came to that for myself
WTAF boycottusa
America's fu*king wild!
Cruel and unusual punishment. Disgusting
How can I apply for this job?
There's always the guillotine if you prefer to do it the 'French Way'.
Good. Just another choice.
Anyone against this - imagine your child or significant other got raped or murdered. I PROMISE you, you wouldn’t want them alive. You want to pay your child’s rapist jail upkeep for life? Hundreds of thousands a year for an animal like that to stay alive. Well done Idaho.
Ah yes the pro-life group
Wtf is next? We are reinstating slavery?.
Buy some Fentanyl, it seems to be doing the trick.
Oh boy...and a life is a life ,right? No abortions allowed but let's kill them behind the barn.
Blindfold please
Barbaric. Not surprised the least of what comes out of repub mouth.
Because Pro-Life!
Republicans really giving it their all to undo centuries of progress.
we should bring it back for treasonist rebels , who stormed the capital trying to overthrow the duly elected government of the United States
Surprised they didnt bring back crucifixion, seems more their speed
What about the Hung Drawn and Quartered method? Much slower and effective.
It's like Republicans have devolved into a sub-human species.
America loves death, such an evil country.
Will families go watch the execution on thanksgiving day as done over 100 years ago ?
It is just the evolution of Republican extremism as they strive to embrace their terrorist morality. Next, they will seek public execution to align with their ISIS heroes.
I think an older solution is better. A guillotine is easy to test, easy to sharpen, and short of sabotage or complete incompetence, never fails, and unlike gunfire, the victim never lingers and never bleeds out slowly.
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When someone is sentenced to death it is because they probably did something nasty. Why do we try to make it as painless as possible?
Activists who lobbied drug manufacturers to prohibit the use of their drugs for lawful executions are responsible for this.
Not easy to get inducted into the MAGA Hall of Fame. Lot of Republican governors giving it their best shot lately.
Here’s a novel idea. How ‘bout we don’t allow the state to kill it’s own citizens, regardless of their guilt or innocence? Put them behind bars for the rest of their lives if that fits the crime. Fine with me. It’s a lot cheaper and guarantees that no innocent person is executed.
Barbaric 3rd world country shit.
lovely
Should be the preferred execution method nationwide for all mass shooters ... with a 5 year max appeal process from date of sentencing.
We all love a good hanging. I'd volunteer to do the job. I can make the knot. Look halfway somber. Willing to work for decent compensation plus generous expenses. Do all 50 States.
Smart
FFS
The next President!
Good job, Governor.
republicans are sadistic. AmericanTaliban
Doesn't Idaho have death by potato?
FYI capital punishment is the largest indicator for broad human rights abuse, and most civilized nations have done away with it
Guess who's going to be targeted.... Women, doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals.
HelenKennedy
Those who like to mess with kids should be next in line!
Can it be public?
Just give them Fentanyl. Joe tested, Joe approved.
Idiots.
Based. Woodchipper next?
Terrible news
Lemme guess… He’s a Christian?
Barbaric. Third world.
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