Lawmakers voted against a bill to allow death sentences to be carried out by firing squads. Many lawmakers indicated they opposed death sentences altogether.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill introduced this legislative session would legalize a form of capital punishment largely used during the Civil War but very ...

A bill introduced in early 2026 would've authorized executions by suffocation via nitrogen gas.

STATEHOUSE — An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday tightening protections for defendants with intellectual disabilities in capital cases, while a Senate proposal allowing ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill this legislative session that would allow the state to execute death row inmates by firing squad, with more than one shooter simultaneously ...

HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – A bill has been introduced in the Indiana General Assembly that will allow the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad in the Hoosier state. One of the coauthors is a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Criminals sentenced to death in Indiana may get a choice about how they're executed. Two bills filed this session propose using a firing squad. One of those bills was heard in Senate's ...

Efforts to legalize execution by firing squad in Indiana are stalled after the House failed to pass legislation that would allow condemned prisoners to be gunned to death. But it's not completely off ...

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...

Lawmakers at the statehouse debated the use of firing squads for state executions. A bill that would have authorized a firing squad to carry out the death penalty in Indiana failed to pass out of the ...