In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial).
Should the state not have the material ability to carry out the capital sentence through the primary method five days following the issuance of the warrant of execution, a firing squad is to be used.
[12] In 1982, the Idaho Department of Corrections purchased a mobile home and converted it to serve as an execution chamber.
[14] On March 20, 2023, the legislature passed a bill to reintroduce the firing squad, given difficulties in obtaining lethal injection drugs, and Governor Brad Little signed it into law.
[27] On January 21, 2025, state lawmakers were considering a proposal to legislate the firing squad as the primary method of execution instead of lethal injection.