AMERICANS on death row could be brutishly killed by a firing squad with no alternatives under a newly proposed bill.

Lawmakers are pushing to prioritize the violent execution act after one inmate survived eight lethal injection attempts.

Idaho Representative Bruce Skaug introduced the bill on Tuesday to strengthen existing legislation that allows firing squads if lethal injections aren’t available.

Under his proposal, prison officials would choose the firing squad as their lead option and not just a last-ditch effort.

The bill came eleven months after Thomas Creech, a 73-year-old serial killer, sat through eight injection attempts, but walked away alive.

Executioners couldn’t find a vein for an IV, and returned the criminal, who confessed to 42 murders, back to prison where he awaits his fate.

Now, lawyers representing the killer are allowed to fight for life in prison one final time thanks to the botched injection, and the execution has been suspended.

In a meeting with legislators, Skaug, a Republican, joined Senator Doug Ricks to present the bill.

He argued that the firing squad was a more humane execution method, and said it has less of an economic impact on the state.

“This is how we carry out justice,” Skaug told state legislators on Tuesday.

“In some cases, the juries have already decided or the judges that this is an appropriate death penalty case for some people.

“And so our job is to make sure it’s carried out in the most efficient manner.”

Four other states have a firing squad as a backup execution method – Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah, and South Carolina.

However, Idaho would be the only state in the country to prioritize the shooting deaths.

The last inmate to be killed by a firing squad was Ronnie Gardner in Utah in 2010.

Gardner killed a man while trying to escape a Utah courthouse in 1985, and chose to die by gunfire.

In firing squad executions, prisoners are typically bound to a chair with leather straps and placed in front of a canvas wall, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

A hood is placed over the inmate’s head, and andbags are placed around the chair to catch their blood. A white cloth is placed over their heart as a target for the executioners.

Five gunmen will stand in an enclosure set up about 20 feet away, and take aim with .30 caliber rifled loaded with a single round.

After the prisoner is shot, they will most likely die from blood loss. Once enough blood drains from their brain, they’ll go unconscious.

If their heart isn’t struck by gunfire, the killing can be a lengthy process.

The firing squad bill was unanimously sent to print, and is expected to come before a committee sometime in the next week.