BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — As Idaho returns to the firing squad as the primary method of execution, a group of national advocates is pushing back against state-sanctioned capital punishment, stating “there is no clean way to take a human life.”
Today, anti-death penalty advocates Execution Intervention Project and Clergy United Against the Death Penalty are hosting a virtual press conference to address Idaho’s return to the firing squad as the primary method of execution. As part of the briefing, the groups unveiled a new billboard in Boise on Grove Street, near the 1500 Block, bearing a direct message to state leaders: “Don’t Shoot Tom Creech.”
The press conference will be available in the livestream above at 10 a.m. MT.
Joining the advocacy campaign is spiritual advisor Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood, who has witnessed 12 state executions across the country. Hood joined national organizers to examine Idaho’s new execution method and demand that state officials refrain from carrying out firing squad deaths in the Gem State…