The Idaho Legislature is considering a bill on execution methods. This story by Kathleen Kreller in the Idaho Statesman emphasizes that the bill eliminates the alternative of the firing squad. The more important aspects, in my opinion, are that it (1) removes details from the statute and leaves them to the director of corrections, and (2) allows a coroner rather than a licensed physician to pronounce death. The first provision allows the flexibility to change the protocol more easily if a legal challenge succeeds. The second avoids the Catch-22 of physician involvement being both required by statute and forbidden by the ever-expanding scope of doctors' rules.
The bill status page with a link to the full text is here.
The bill status page with a link to the full text is here.

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