USA - Mississippi. The Senate Judiciary A Committee has removed the firing squad as execution option

The Senate Judiciary A Committee has removed the firing squad as a proposed execution option in case courts block the state from obtaining lethal injection drugs. The House voted Feb. 8 (see) for HB 638 that would list firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as additional methods. The Committee erased the firing squad from the bill. The Death Penalty Information Center says of the 33 states with the death penalty, only Oklahoma and Utah have firing squad as an option.