From Pew Charitable Trusts:
Idaho wants to bring back the firing squad.
The state House last week approved a bill that would allow the execution method as an alternative to lethal injections. Idaho has had trouble getting the drugs needed to kill inmates on its death row.
Lawmakers in other Republican-led states likewise want to expand or reinstate the death penalty, for a mixture of practical and political reasons. Some leaders in Democratic-led states, meanwhile, are working to abolish it, following the longer-term trend of declining use of capital punishment throughout the country.
Twenty-seven states and the federal government have the death penalty, but only a handful use it regularly, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which collects and analyzes data on capital punishment. Continue reading >>>
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