Executions are on hold in Idaho. The state prison system suspended its ability to carry out the death penalty through at least the end of the year as officials begin the transition to firing squad ...
BOISE – Idaho’s prison system is pursuing a remote-operated system for firing squad executions as the state builds toward becoming the first in the U.S. with it as the primary method for carrying out ...
Just hours before Roy Lee Ward was executed by lethal injection in Michigan City, a group of about 30 people, dressed in coats and some holding flashlights, prayed for an end to the death penalty.