After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House this week, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority. The legislation could still be ...

Indiana lawmakers approved several changes Tuesday to a bill expanding execution methods, which is now pending a full House vote. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool) A bill expanding Indiana’s execution ...

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 Corrections and ...

Indiana law currently permits executions to be carried out by lethal injection, but a proposed bill would add death by firing squad as an alternative method. The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law ...

Update (Dec. 31, 2025): A similar bill is expected to be filed in the Indiana House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 2026. House Bill 1119, titled Execution Methods, would authorize the death penalty to ...

A bill allowing for firing squad executions for death penalty inmates was filed in the Indiana legislature for the 2026 session. Senate Bill 11, filed by State Sen. Michael Young, would allow for ...

After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House panel on Wednesday passed a bill expanding the state’s execution methods. Firing squad and nitrogen hypoxia would be ...

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana Capital Chronicle) - A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short of the required constitutional ...