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Eye On Boise archive for Nov. 20, 2013

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 2013


Members of the Idaho Legislature's Public Defense Reform Interim Committee meet Wednesday at the state Capitol (Betsy Russell)

Lawmakers mull new Public Defense Commission

A legislative interim committee has agreed on the concept of state Public Defense Commission to help oversee improvements in the state’s spotty and problem-plagued system of criminal defense for indigent defendants. But the senators and representatives also agreed that the new commission should make recommendations…

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Branden Durst resigning from Senate 

Idaho Sen. Branden Durst, D-Boise, is resigning from the state Senate, effective Dec. 1. Durst said he's resigning to focus on his family's needs; earlier this year, his wife and family moved to the Seattle area, where she now is employed as a teacher, and…

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