Entries tagged with “Jim Lucas”
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,Feb 04, 2026
Bipartisan Support Defeats Indiana House Bill to Add Firing Squad as Execution Method
A bipartisan group of 19 Republicans and 28 Democrats narrowly defeated a measure to add the firing squad as an execution method in an Indiana House floor vote on January 28, 2026. HB 1119 received 48 in favor and 47 against, falling three votes short of passage, with two legislators not voting and three absent. Although the measure could have been brought for a second vote before February 2, it was not. A similar Senate bill (SB 11) to add the firing squad stalled in…