Kolodin wants to put using a firing squad on the 2026 ballot so voters can decide. “I don’t know what it is,” he said. “But lethal injection just seems to be incredibly complicated, where ...

How many states use firing squad as a method of execution? In 2023, the Associated Press reported that Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah allow for execution by firing squad.

As Arizona prepares to execute Aaron Gunches, the state Legislature is sitting on the perfect bloody plan for future sendoffs. Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale, wants to round up a firing squad.

The man Gov. Katie Hobbs chose to review Arizona's execution process was fired after he recommended the state use a firing squad. By Alexis Dominguez Published : Nov. 27, 2024 at 5:28 PM MST ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

Using firing squads in Arizona would require changing state law. Voters in 1992 approved lethal injection as the state’s method, though the measure said people already on death row at the time ...

A Republican lawmaker wants Arizona voters to allow executions by firing squad because, he says, riddling convicts with bullets is 'always humane.' ...