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Idaho is bringing back Firing Squads

Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:10 pm
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
11191 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:10 pm
Between seemingly endless appeals, and the scarcity of lethal injection drugs, the death penalty has been essentially nullified as a punishment.

Well, Idaho has figured out a partial work-around when the drugs can’t be secured.

quote:

Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections


AP News

This post was edited on 3/20/23 at 5:38 pm
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12492 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:11 pm to
Ammo must be cheaper than electricity there.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95366 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:12 pm to
I’m good with this. Hanging too.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
12671 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:12 pm to
Should be *public* firing squads
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141904 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:13 pm to
:garygilmore:
Posted by tunechi
Member since Jun 2009
10187 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:14 pm to
Try it out on Kohlberger
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141904 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:15 pm to
Eddie Slovik

Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
53790 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:16 pm to
quote:

Between seemingly endless appeals


“Hey, the government hasn’t spent enough money keeping this POS alive. File another appeal.”
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48518 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:16 pm to
Depending on what they did we might let 5 blind guys take the first shots.
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
30099 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:17 pm to
Next headline from Idaho:

"Idaho flooded with applicants for firing squad positions"
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
26752 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:19 pm to
quote:

and the scarcity of lethal injection drugs


This bullshite always seemed like a ridiculous claim.

Just use fentanyl. It's pennies a dose and apparently everywhere.
Posted by ZZTIGERS
Member since Dec 2007
17078 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:20 pm to
Damn, just send a few political interns to Reno, Vegas or Portland for some street fentanyl. Hell, Boise would probably do too.
Posted by SmelvinRat
Slumwoody
Member since Oct 2015
1393 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:21 pm to


Oh, he could cut center more than 5 times...
Posted by Armymann50
Playing with my
Member since Sep 2011
17047 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:21 pm to
quote:

Hanging too.



PUT THEM ON THE RACKS
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
7696 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:22 pm to
What’s wrong with a single shot to the back of the head?
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
9402 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:22 pm to
quote:

Some states still use hanging and firing squads for their executions. Firing squads are still allowed in Utah, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, but Utah is the only one to have performed one in the last ten years. New Hampshire is currently the only state that allows hanging as a means of execution.


quote:

Some states still use hanging and firing squads for their executions.


Damn, they hang you and then shoot you. Sounds effective.

I believe if I had my choice I would go with the guillotine. Seems like it would be over fast and pain free. That last 5 or 10 seconds of brain activity would be a little strange though.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
55448 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:23 pm to
quote:

What’s wrong with a single shot to the back of the head?



The point of firing squads is so that no individual is truly assured that they were the ones who pulled the killing trigger.
Posted by Jimbeaux
Member since Sep 2003
20114 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:24 pm to
As another option, they could tie him down with a muzzle and let any victim or family member strangulate him with their own bare hands.
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:26 pm to
Family of victims should be given the option to pull the trigger if they want.
Posted by Amblin
Member since Sep 2011
2570 posts
Posted on 3/20/23 at 5:26 pm to
Should be same as verdict, you shoot someone, you get shot, knife you get sliced, strangle..yada yada...
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