The plaintiffs joining the AP include the Idaho Statesman, The Times-News, Lewiston Tribune, Moscow-Pullman Daily News ... relies heavily on a 2002 San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruling that found that witnesses should be allowed ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Convicted murderer Joseph Duncan is back in the state of Idaho for a court hearing scheduled this morning. Duncan was brought in from Indiana this week, where he is currently on federal death row for kidnapping, torturing and ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters the death chamber to his or her final heartbeat. The ruling established what was expected of the ...

BOISE, Idaho — A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters the death chamber to his or her final heartbeat. The ruling established what was expected of the nine Western states within the court's jurisdiction. A decade later, four of the states have kept part of each execution away ...

Spokane Mayor David Condon and Ann Zehm reached that tentative agreement on Tuesday, May 15, following two days mediation with federal District Court Judge Michael J. Hogan, of Eugene, Ore., and Idaho attorney, Ford Elsaesser.   The tentative ...

Ohio changed its rules in 2004 after the American Civil Liberties ... Rhoades' attorneys had sued in federal court, arguing that Idaho's death penalty protocol created the opportunity for several excruciating errors. Of most concern was incorrect IV ...

For 25 years, Georgia has allowed a reporter to act as a "monitor" during ... Rhoades' attorneys had sued in federal court, arguing that Idaho's death penalty protocol created the opportunity for several excruciating errors. Of most concern was incorrect ...

Idaho, Arizona, Washington and Montana have conducted 14 lethal injections ... Nevada kept its executions partially closed until 2006, when the Reno Gazette-Journal sued in federal court to gain full access. State corrections officials ...

A federal judge in Kentucky ... and 9th (covering Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, the Mariana Islands, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) all ruled prior to the Supreme Court case that warrantless GPS tracking was legal.

BOISE -- The Associated Press and 16 other organizations are suing the state of Idaho to force officials to allow media witnesses to view executions in their entirety. The lawsuit, filed in Boise's U.S. District Court on Tuesday, asks a federal judge to ...

BOISE, Idaho -- A man convicted of killing children in Idaho and California has returned to U.S. District Court in Boise to prepare for a review of part of his death penalty case. Joseph Edward Duncan III was in court Thursday while U.S ...

The California First Amendment Coalition sued ... Rhoades' attorneys sued in federal court, arguing that Idaho's death penalty protocol created the opportunity for several excruciating errors. Of most concern was incorrect IV placement, which ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters into the death chamber to his final heartbeat. The ruling ...

BOISE, Idaho - A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters into the death chamber to his final heartbeat.

The Associated Press and 16 other organizations sued the state of Idaho on Tuesday to force officials to let witnesses watch executions from start to finish, arguing that the media has a First Amendment right to view all steps of a lethal injection execution.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters into the death chamber to his final heartbeat. The ruling established what was ...

A federal judge in Boise, Idaho is questioning the urgency that FBI agents felt when they arrested and detained an American Muslim under a law designed to ensure that witnesses show up to testify in court.

Associated Press, news organizations sue Idaho over limited witness access to executions

In another case, in Florida in 2006, which does not allow viewing of the ... Rhoades' attorneys had sued in federal court, arguing that Idaho's death penalty protocol created the opportunity for several excruciating errors. Of most concern was incorrect ...

But improved ocean conditions, court ... tumbled in Idaho, fishing seasons closed, and the ocean-going fish were almost forgotten by all but the state’s Indian tribes. But after the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe petitioned the federal government ...

The California First Amendment Coalition sued ... Rhoades' attorneys had sued in federal court, arguing that Idaho's death penalty protocol created the opportunity for several excruciating errors. Of most concern was incorrect IV placement ...

BOISE -- The Associated Press and 16 other organizations are suing the state of Idaho to force officials to allow media witnesses to view executions in their entirety. The lawsuit, filed in Boise's U.S. District Court on Tuesday, asks a federal judge to require the state to increase witness access before the scheduled execution of convicted killer Richard A. Leavitt on June 12. The AP is joined ...

The uranium will be re-enriched near Paducah, Ky ... to Idaho's for federal hearing Duncan returns to Idaho's for federal hearing A man convicted of killing children in Idaho and California has returned to U.S. District Court in Boise to prepare for ...

Joseph Edward Duncan III was in court Thursday while U.S. District Judge Edward ... He confessed, but wasn't charged, to killing two Washington girls.

In less than a month, Athol Republican Rep. Phil Hart has lost two challenges - one in federal court on April 3 and another today in Idaho Supreme Court - in his ongoing battles over unpaid income taxes. The Associated Press reports that the Idaho Supreme Court handed down a ruling today, unanimously rejecting Hart's latest appeal over $53,000 in unpaid states taxes, interest and penalties ...

BOISE, Idaho - A federal judge in Boise, Idaho is questioning the urgency that FBI agents felt when they arrested and detained an American Muslim under a law designed to ensure that witnesses show up to testify in court.

The Idaho Supreme Court justices upheld decisions of the Idaho Board of Tax Appeals and district cou

A police officer for the Nez Perce Tribe in north-central Idaho has pleaded not guilty to charges that ... who shot Flinn because of a lack of evidence. According to federal court records, Flinn stole a pickup and led officers on a chase before he exited ...