[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, NEV., CALIF., WASH., USA

October 19 IDAHO: Man to Face Death Penalty in Birthday Party Stabbing RampageProsecutors say a man suspected of going on a stabbing rampage at a children's party, killing a little girl celebrating her 3rd birthday and wounding 8 others in Idaho, will face the death penalty. A

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, USA

May 28 IDAHO: Documents: Murder suspect laughed after knocking victim out with 2???4 board Timothy Blaney was so irate when he found his wife in bed with another man that he grabbed a 2-by-4 piece of wood and beat the the man unconscious, according to court documents and incident repor

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May 18 IDAHO: A change of heart regarding death penalty Recently your paper ran an article regarding David Card and his ability to avoid execution of the death sentence imposed because of his involvement in the deliberate and premeditated murder of Mr. and Mrs. Morey. The murder was

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, CALIF., ORE., WASH., USA

March 4 IDAHO: Idaho court upholds lower court's death penalty sentence An Idaho death row inmate will remain there following an Idaho Supreme Court decision upholding a lower court's ruling rejecting a post-conviction relief request. The Idaho Supreme Court in a 189-page decision r

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Feb. 27 IDAHO: Is Idaho's death penalty worth it? Process is costly in all phasesBoise County seeks death penalty in murder case, but some question its fiscal wisdom. Which cases qualify for the death penalty? In Idaho, 3 crimes are punishable by death: 1st-degree murder, 1st-de

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March 25 IDAHO: ACLU condemns firing of N. Idaho public defender The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho is condemning a decision by Kootenai County officials to end the longstanding contract with the region's chief public defender. Last week, Kootenai County commissioners voted

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July 13 IDAHO: ACLU Attorney: Idaho Becoming a 'Heavy User' of Executions In the shadow of Idaho’s June 12 execution of Richard Leavitt, the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho engaged with Gem State citizens July 11 concerning the constitutionality of capital punishment in the 21st

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, LA., FLA., PENN., USA

June 12 IDAHOimpending execution Idaho prison officials make final preparations for scheduled execution of Richard Leavitt An Idaho man convicted of brutally killing a woman nearly three decades ago and mutilating her body is set to be executed Tuesday, marking the 1st time witn

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, CONN.

May 17 IDAHOimpending execution Idaho set to execute 2nd death row inmate within a year A 7th District Judge has signed a death warrant for condemned inmate Richard Albert Leavitt, ordering that he be executed by lethal injection. Barring any last-minute court intervention, Leavi

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, CONN., OKLA.

April 10 IDAHO: 4 death row inmates sue over Idaho's newest lethal injection procedures 4 inmates on Idaho's death row are suing the state, contending Idaho's new execution procedures give too much power to prison officials, create a risk of severe pain and would allow unqualified worke

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Nov. 23 IDAHO: A Prayer for the Living, A Prayer for the Dead How faith permeated the execution of Paul Ezra Rhoades Brent Reinke, director of the Idaho Department of Correction, is a man of faith. On his desk at the Boise headquarters of IDOC, among the stacks of legal briefings

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Nov. 11 IDAHOimpending execution Judge to Rule Monday on Rhoades Execution With less than a week to go before Paul Ezra Rhoades is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Idaho State Maximum Security Institute, a federal judge is expected to rule on Monday whether he might post

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, OHIO, ARIZ.

Nov. 10 IDAHOimpending execution Commission: No clemency for condemned Idaho inmate The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole says it won't consider a clemency request from condemned inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades., who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 18. Rhoades was sent

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, OHIO

Nov. 4 IDAHO: URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA Issue Date: 4 November 2011-Country: USA-Idaho FIRST IDAHO EXECUTION IN 17 YEARS IMMINENT The US state of Idaho is scheduled to carry out its first execution since 1994, and only its second in more than half a c

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, PENN., USA, ORE.

Oct. 19 IDAHOnew and impending execution date Execution date set for death row inmate A 7th District Judge has scheduled death row inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades to be executed next month. He would be the 1st person put to death in Idaho since 1994 and the state's 2nd execution since 19

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, ALA., OHIO

Oct. 2 IDAHO: Seldom-sought Death Penalty Remains Possible for Cleveland ** Death Penalty Info States with death penalty: 34 States without death penalty: 16 plus District of Columbia Number of people executed since 1976*: 1,270 Number of people executed in Idaho since 1976: 1 Numbe

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO

Aug. 30 IDAHO: Judge rejects Idaho woman's death penalty appeal A federal judge has dismissed the appeal of the only woman facing the death penalty in Idaho but cleared Robin Row to ask a higher court to consider a handful of issues in the case. Row, 53, was convicted of the 1992 ki

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Nov. 25 IDAHO: Judge tosses Duncan appeal Defense attorneys charged that the FBI plied Joseph Duncan with milkshakes and gifts to manipulate him into not appealing his death sentence, but a federal judge rejected that charge Monday and tossed out the appeal. Duncan's standy attorneys had

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Nov. 18 IDAHO: Duncan appeals death sentence - U.S. attorney says move is common in capital cases Joseph Duncan is appealing his death sentence to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Duncan stood silent when the sentence was handed down in August, after he pleaded guilty to all cha

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, S.C., OHIO, KY., CALIF.

Sept. 17 IDAHO: Ambivalent deathCapital punishment's most heinous cases What does it take to become the poster child for the death penalty? According to one retired criminal defense attorney, Joseph Duncan fits that bill. He's the unrepentant child rapist and murderer recently sente

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, OHIO, NEV., MO., N.C.

July 25 IDAHO: Judge: Convicted child-killer mentally competent Federal judge rules Joseph Edward Duncan III will face death penalty hearing Evaluator finds no evidence of any mental disorders or defects, judge says Duncan pleaded guilty to killing family, kidnapping Shasta and Dylan Groe

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----IDAHO, MD., VA., MISS.

July 18 IDAHO: Duncan team wants him to be found incompetentRuling will decide if child killer can represent himself The defense team for convicted child killer Joseph Edward Duncan III wants him found incompetent, the attorneys revealed during a court hearing Thursday. Duncan, who f

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, CALIF., N.C., USA

July 7 IDAHO: Duncan jurors may be called to duty Monday Monday could be a decisive day in the death penalty case against convicted killer Joseph Duncan as the jury pool has been asked to call into the court's automated system to determine if and when they need to report for duty. Hundre

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June 23 IDAHOre: federal death penalty trial Judge delays resumption of Duncan death penalty The federal death penalty case for convicted murderer Joseph Edward Duncan III has been delayed again by the judge overseeing the case. An order filed by District Judge Edward Lodge states me

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April 14 IDAHO: Jury selection today in Duncan sentencingAttorneys will whittle down group of 350, then members will decide on death penalty 350 people will gather in Boises convention center today to start an extraordinary process: deciding whether Joseph Edward Duncan should die fo

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----IDAHO

Mar. 22 IDAHO: Federal court rejects Sivak's death row appeals All of the appeals of Idaho death row inmate Lacey Mark Sivak have been rejected by a federal court judge. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill handed down the ruling today. Sivak's defense attorneys say they haven't reviewed t

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, S.C., USA

Feb. 18 IDAHO: Prosecutors want extra time to ask for the death penalty The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee has voted to send a bill that would give Idaho prosecutors more time to consider asking for a death penalty to the Senate floor. Prosecutors want an extra 60 days to decide whe

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, NEB., MISS.

Feb. 9 IDAHO: Ruling in death penalty case could set precedent The state of Idaho is arguing that a jury's finding of aggravating circumstances in a death penalty case meets a U.S. Supreme Court standard that juries must decide capital cases. Arguing before the Idaho Supreme Court on Frid

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, VA., ALA.

Feb. 4 IDAHO: New trial begins for Idaho man after 2 decades on death row After more than 2 decades on death row for the slayings of a Texas couple in the Idaho wilderness, a new jury will begin deciding Mark Lankford's fate (Monday. The 51-year-old Lankford was given a new trial after a

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, N.J.

Dec. 16 IDAHO: Death Penalty Don Paradis said, "Most Americans think if your convicted you're guilty. Nobody thinks if you're sitting on death row or in prison that you're innocent." 23 years after a jury convicted him of murder Don Paradis became the only death row inmate in Idaho history

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Dec.3 IDAHO: More questions arise as Duncan changes plea in federal case Attorney Judy Clarke has joined Joseph Duncan's defense team ahead of his federal kidnapping and murder trial in January. Convicted killer Joseph Duncan will plead guilty Monday in a federal courtroom in Boise to ki

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----IDAHO, MO., ILL., MISS.

Oct. 28 IDAHO: Boise principal works to free man convicted of 2 murdersThe prosecutor calls Mark Lankford, who was condemned in 1983 but recently won a new trial, 'a severe danger to society.' A Boise school principal is leading an online effort to support and free a man on death row

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, ILL., MO.

Oct. 21 IDAHO: Jury in Boise to resume deliberations in murder trial A jury in Boise will resume deliberations tomorrow in the case of a man already on death row who is accused of killing a second woman. Erick Hall is charged with the 2003 1st-degree murder and rape of Cheryl Hanlon. I

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO...Mark Henry Lankford - imminent exoneree (?) - please act....

Dear Friends: My name is Mark Henry Lankford. I am a fifty-one year old man who,since 2nd October 1983, has been incarcerated and who, since October 1984,has been sentenced to death. I was innocent in 1983. I was innocent in 1984. I remain in 2007 factually innocent of a crime of which I was

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----IDAHO, OKLA., ARIZ., USA

Sept. 29 IDAHO: Death penalty foe visits BoiseHelen Prejean gained fame after 'Dead Man Walking' book Support for capital punishment in the United States is waning, said Sister Helen Prejean, a Catholic nun and author of "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty i

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, KAN., ILL., USA

July 12 IDAHO: Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Hagnas Ada County prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty against a Boise man accused of murdering his roommates and setting their home on fire. Todd Hagnas, 38, has been charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder in the deat

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Nov. 7 IDAHO: Idaho death row inmate wins retrial A man sentenced to death for the slayings of a young Texas couple camped in the Idaho wilderness must be released or retried because of his attorney's actions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Mark Henry Lankford has been on Idaho's

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Oct. 25 IDAHO: Judge rules murderer too mentally ill to execute Idaho death row inmate David Leslie Card is too mentally ill to be executed, a federal court has ruled. Card, who shot and killed 2 Idaho Press-Tribune newspaper carriers in 1988, has been fighting his capital punishment sent

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----IDAHO, PENN., FLA., N.H.

Oct. 22 IDAHO: Father of abducted Idaho girl supports Duncan plea deal The father of abduction victim Shasta Groene says he is satisfied with the Idaho state court plea agreement under which Joseph Edward Duncan III pleaded guilty to 3 counts each of murder and kidnapping. Some family mem

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO

Oct. 16 IDAHO : Idaho city readies for murder trial -- Pool of 800 possible jurors called in area where 'Kill Duncan' bumper stickers are common Police believe it was the children's swimsuits that first caught the eye of pedophile Joseph Edward Duncan III, triggering a spree of savage murde

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, MO., ILL., N. DAK.

August 15 IDAHO: Duncan's lawyer says prosecutor's death penalty request not valid Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III should not face the death penalty at his triple murder trial, his lawyer argued in new court documents. Kootenai County Public Defender John Adams filed a mot

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IDAHO, KAN., CALIF., USA

June 23 IDAHO: State Files Intent to Seek Death Penalty for Alofa Time In Caldwell, state prosecuters have filed an intent to seek the death penalty for Alofa Time. Time, 51 was formally arraigned Friday morning in Canyon County Court. Now that the State's intentions for seeking the dea

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----IDAHO, DEL.

Oct. 31 IDAHO: U.S. Supreme Court declines to consider 2 Idaho death penalty cases The U.S. Supreme Court today denied appeals in 2 Idaho death penalty cases, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. The Court entered orders declining to hear the appeals of Gerald Ross Pizzuto and Timothy

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- IDAHO

death penalty news August 24, 2005 IDAHO: Idaho prosecutors to seek death for man accused in Groene slayings Prosecutors in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, will seek the death penalty against convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III for his alleged role in the death of three people in their rur

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----IDAHO, OHIO, N.J.

July 30 Idaho case echoes ex-Mainer's trial, execution News accounts of a child molester charged with killing a family in Idaho this month to have sex with their children is similar to a case involving a former Waterville man a decade ago. Earl C. Bramblett, who graduated from Waterville Hi

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----IDAHO, CALIF.

Jan. 12 (in) IDAHO: 'JUVENILES ON DEATH ROW' They are the faces of America's youth, but these faces are also on death row. A noted photographer was on the campus of Idaho State University Monday, presenting his exhibit of "Juveniles on Death Row." New York Photographer Toshi Kazama pres

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----IDAHO

Nov. 23 IDAHO: Divided high court reopens appellate door for former death row inmate In Boise, the Idaho Supreme Court ordered a new hearing today on claims of prosecutorial misconduct in the conviction of former death row inmate Jaime Dean Charboneau. The 45-year-old Jerome man was convi

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----IDAHO, N.C., CALIF.

Oct. 28 IDAHOnew death sentence Transient Gets Death Sentence For Flight Attendant's Murder Erick Virgil Hall will face death for raping and murdering a New York City airline attendant 4 years ago, a jury decided on Wednesday. Hall, 33, was convicted last Friday in the killing of Lynn

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----IDAHO, PENN., IOWA/NEB.

August 23 IDAHO: Former death row inmate to be paroled 1 of only 2 women ever sentenced to Idaho's death row has won parole. 48-year-old Karla Yvonne Windsor is scheduled for parole on December 1st. The parole board agreed to her release last week based on her nearly spotless prison rec