<body><div>FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Indiana’s latest execution has renewed a debate at the Statehouse over whether firing squads should be an option. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0rKm5d_1GqMvCNz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0rKm5d_1GqMvCNz00" width="1300" height="730" ><figcaption>Indiana lawmakers differ on firing squad proposal after latest execution (wthr/ wpta)</figcaption></figure>Background: Indiana has cut death row in half after execution of Jeffrey WeisheitAuthorities executed convicted killer Jeffery Weisheit by lethal injection. Attorney General Todd Rokita is offering to help draft legislation that would allow firing squads to be used instead.Rep. Jim Lucas is working with Rokita on the idea.“When you look at, you know, this most recent execution that we just had, we had a man that, you know, burnt children alive” Lucas said. “And as gruesome as that sounds, that’s why we have to have an accountability measure that holds them equally accountable for their actions.” Previous: Indiana lawmaker pushes to bring firing squad to stateLucas said a firing squad is necessary because it is less expensive, easier to get and does not have a shelf life like lethal injection drugs.State Rep. Matt Pierce opposes Rokita’s proposal.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2JICZp_1GqMvCNz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2JICZp_1GqMvCNz00" width="1300" height="730" ><figcaption>Indiana lawmakers differ on firing squad proposal after latest execution (Ari Betterly)</figcaption></figure>“It’s brutal to think you’re going to have someone shot to death,” Pierce said.Pierce said that with new faces at the Statehouse next year, he will have to see how people respond.“It’s just strange to me that after an election in which people were crying out to have the legislature and Congress address the real everyday problems of, you know, affording the basic things in life, that we are already going off on these strange issues,” Pierce said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2PWh9X_1GqMvCNz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2PWh9X_1GqMvCNz00" width="1300" height="730" ><figcaption>Lucas and Pierce both said lethal injection is not the way to go. They differ on a solution. (Ari Betterly)</figcaption></figure>Lucas and Pierce both said lethal injection is not the way to go. They differ on a solution.“He should be spending his time representing the people by working on combating consumer fraud and focus his time on doing things that will actually help people,” Pierce said of Rokita.“I mean, if ever there was a time, you know, that we need to push this bill forward, now is it,” Lucas said.Lucas said he is prepared to take the bill to the Statehouse floor.</div></body>

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Indiana’s latest execution has renewed a debate at the Statehouse over whether firing squads should be an option. Background: Indiana has cut death row in half after execution of Jeffrey Weisheit. Authorities executed convicted killer Jeffery Weisheit by lethal injection. Attorney General Todd Rokita...

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Indiana lawmakers differ on firing squad proposal after latest execution

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