Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation Wednesday making death by firing squad the state's preferred method of execution. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Last year, the state was unable to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S. Medical personnel administering the lethal injection failed to establish an IV line despite trying for roughly an hour.
The bill’s tracking sheet shows that over two-thirds of the Republican-controlled legislature supported the measure, which, along with making death by firing squad the preferred method, also kept lethal injection as the state’s backup method.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Little’s office for comment on the matter.
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Bryan Kohberger, right, is escorted into a courtroom to appear at a hearing in Latah County District Court, Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The newly legalized execution method could impact the state's eight current death row inmates and possibly the future University of Idaho college murders suspect Bryan Kohberger.
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Little signed the bill as prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty for Kohberger if he is convicted. His trial is scheduled for later this year, and he faces four charges of first-degree murder and another charge of felony burglary.
A judge entered not-guilty pleas on his behalf at his arraignment.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz and Stepheny Price contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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