Under Idaho’s new death protocol, the identities of the three shooters who have volunteered to join the firing squad are known only to the state prisons director and deputy. They will be responsible for carrying out court-ordered killings of Idaho’s eight death row inmates, one of whom is female.

Oh, boy. Secret government killers for the state of Idaho.

Not greeeeaaaaaatttt.

The bad thing is that death sentence still exists in the 21st century. There is no better way of saying "we are a primitive backwater tribe of barbarians" than sticking to it.

The death penalty is better described as a closely clutched teddy bear of scared states than a product of "tribes".

Tribes don't tend to do this, whether they are tribes of the north america or otherwise, of course there are exceptions but the pattern doesn't hold at a general level.

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof

While a bullet to the brain is most definitely a far better way to go than the electric chair or the gas chamber you have to be an idiot to believe it's "foolproof."

The state’s department of corrections (IDOC) says it has met its deadline, set by the legislature, to have its death chamber at a maximum security prison south of Boise retrofitted and open for business by 1 July. It has spent more than $1m in the venture, including $24,000 on a rack of AR-style, .308-caliber, scoped rifles that will be wielded by volunteer marksmen.

Scoped, high capacity rifles? Are the volunteers Storm Troopers?

It says 2 of the 4 firing squad executions in the last 16 years have been severely botched to the point they can't tell whether the people are incompetent or deliberately tried to make it as inhumane as possible.

“It appears the misses were intentional,” Gardner (note: not related to the Gardners in the next quote. This is a law professor) writes. “Whether the riflemen wished to torture the victim or feared to inflict the fatal shot in the heart is unknown.”

Randy Gardner, brother of the executed inmate, said he was still in shock having learnt of Groner’s conclusions months ago. “It’s just disgusting. How from 20ft away could anybody miss a target pinned on my brother’s heart? These are skilled marksmen certified for this stuff, I don’t get how they could have missed.”

Disgusting. 😠

There is no better way of saying “we are a primitive backwater tribe of barbarians”

A "primitive backwater tribe of barbarians" didn't invent policing and prisons.

Or, you know, the state could stop executing people. After decades of fuckups leading to gruesome deaths, innocent people being put to death, and millions upon millions of dollars being spent on appeals and litigation specifically due to the death penalty, maybe it's time to just admit that it's a shitty idea?

I'd rather have the barbarians

Except when they miss on purpose to inflict as much pain as possible.

Duh... that's why it's not "foolproof."

Sick fucks are in love with absolute government control.