EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Alex Kolodin Talks Death Penalty and Firing Squad Ballot Measure

A proposed constitutional amendment would replace lethal injection with the firing squad as the Arizona’s primary method of execution.

State 48 News spoke exclusively with Arizona State Representative Alex Kolodin to discuss his controversial push to put the firing squad on the ballot in 2026. Kolodin is behind HCR 2024, a measure aimed at giving Arizona voters the power to decide whether to add the firing squad as a legal method of execution in the state.