Idaho Keeps Scheduling This Inmate's Execution Even Though It Lacks the Means To Kill Him A federal judge ruled in favor of an Idaho death-row inmate who says that the state is "psychologically torturing" him. Reason · Aug 11, 2023
Idaho firing squad bill forms friction between attorney general, prison officials BOISE, Idaho — A concerted push to allow Idaho to use a firing squad for inmate executions left out a key collaborator — the agency charged with carrying out the state’s death sentences. Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023
Idaho could pursue executions by firing squad. Here’s how much it would cost BOISE, Idaho — The cost of implementing a bill that seeks to make the firing squad Idaho’s backup execution method has more than doubled since it was last reviewed by the state prisons system, according to a spokesperson for the agency. Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023
Commentary: Bringing back the firing squad in Idaho would expose barbarity of the death penalty 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. Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023
Execution of Idaho death row inmate delayed after state unable to obtain lethal injection drugs BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s first execution in more than a decade, scheduled next month for death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto, was postponed Wednesday after the state prison system acknowledged that it has been unable to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs. Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022
Idaho Supreme Court rules for governor’s authority on clemency decision in execution case BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the governor maintains the authority to reject a clemency decision to reduce a prisoner’s sentence by the state’s parole board, in turn restarting a longtime death row inmate’s execution process. Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022
Idaho bill to hide execution drug suppliers from public records clears Legislature A bill designed to conceal the identity of all execution drug suppliers to maintain Idaho’s death penalty by lethal injection is only a governor’s signature away from becoming law. Tribune News Service · Mar 19, 2022
Judge rules Idaho death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto’s sentence be dropped to life in prison BOISE, Idaho — Idaho inmate Gerald Pizzuto’s death sentence was reduced to life in prison by a state district court judge Friday — a ruling with far-reaching implications for the state after the judge found the governor has no power to reject a clemency recommendation in murder cases under the… Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022