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March 26, 2023
Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed a bill to allow executions by firing squad.
Idaho is now the fifth state in the nation to allow this form of capital punishment, but Utah is currently the only state that has used it in the last four decades.
The bill had passed through the Idaho legislature on March 20 with a veto-proof majority.
In a letter to state House Speaker Mike Moyle, also a Republican, the governor wrote, “throughout my life in public service, I have supported capital punishment when our justice system determines death is the only appropriate sentence for a person who committed a heinous crime. The families of the victims deserve justice for their loved ones and the death penalty is a way to bring them peace.”
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