Idaho is preparing to resume executions with a firing squad by recruiting volunteer police officers to carry out the shootings, revealing a detailed protocol that replaces execution specialists with certified law enforcement personnel. The plan follows the state's failed attempt to execute a death row inmate by lethal injection last year and marks one of the most dramatic shifts in US capital punishment in decades.
The state officially made the firing squad its default execution method this week, becoming the only state in the country to adopt it as the primary means of carrying out death sentences. Newly released procedures show Idaho is now seeking volunteer officers to form six-person execution teams as officials move closer to carrying out the sentences of the state's eight death row inmates.
