Taking the life of another human being is the most serious act imaginable, whether it’s a murderer taking the life of a victim or the state taking a life.
A bill was introduced Wednesday morning to bring back the firing squad as a back-up method of execution in Idaho.
That’s because Idaho is having a difficult time procuring the drugs necessary for execution by lethal injection.
Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill to the House Ways & Means Committee, which agreed to print the bill.
After a history of executions by hanging, firing squad, gas chamber and electric chair, the method of lethal injection might seem a more humane approach, perhaps more palatable to folks on the fence or squeamish about the death penalty.
Lethal injection opponents…
