Firing squad execution bill fails in Indiana House but could advance laterThe chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. (Provided Photo/Utah State Department of Corrections)INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority. Bipartisan opposition to House Bill 1119 doomed the measure with a 48-47 tally. A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short of the required constitutional majority. Bipartisan opposition to House Bill 1119 doomed the measure with a 48-47 tally.