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Joseph Duncan

News about the investigation, trial and sentencing of Joseph Edward Duncan for the 2005 kidnap, torture and murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene of Coeur d’Alene; the murders of Dylan’s mother, mother’s fiance and 13-year-old brother; and the kidnapping and molestation of Dylan’s then-8-year-old sister Shasta.

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Duncan’s January trial date unchanged

BOISE – Joseph Duncan's attorneys have plenty of time to prepare for a January trial, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge declared Friday, and he refused to let Duncan's former lead attorney walk away from the case. The judge rejected bids from the defense to delay for a year the trial of the man accused of one of North Idaho's most notorious crimes – a multiple murder, kidnapping and child-molesting case that left four victims dead in 2005.
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Clarke to head Duncan team

The attorney who defended Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and child-killer Susan Smith will head Joseph Duncan's federal defense team. Judy Clarke, formerly federal defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, is leading the team of attorneys representing the suspected serial killer.
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Computer experts to testify at Duncan trial

Three computer forensic experts will testify at killer Joseph Duncan's federal trial about the pictures, videos and journal entries found on his computer equipment, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday. Duncan is facing the death penalty if convicted in his January 2008 trial for the murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and other crimes against the boy and his sister, Shasta.
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Duncan misses deadline for wrongful death suit

BOISE – Convicted murderer and sex offender Joseph Duncan failed to reply in time to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of the children Duncan is accused of killing or kidnapping, according to a finding entered into federal court Friday. Duncan was found in default of the lawsuit filed by Steven Groene. The finding, entered by a clerk in U.S. District Court here at Groene's request, allows Groene to ask Judge B. Lynn Winmill to rule in his favor in the civil suit without hearing from Duncan.
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Judge splits Duncan ruling

Federal prosecutors can't have a log of Joseph Duncan's prison visitors, but U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge is allowing prosecutors to see some of the convicted killer's mail. Defense attorneys filed a sealed motion for a protective order to keep prosecutors from obtaining the information, which they argued would reveal defense strategy in the federal death penalty case.
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Amid storm, Douglas confident

Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas wants to be remembered as a good boss and a "fair, ethical prosecutor who was a voice for crime victims and who held criminals accountable." He hopes his 18-year career as elected prosecutor won't be overshadowed by recent controversies, including the release of sexually charged e-mails he exchanged at work with former employee Marina Kalani.
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Gag order issued in Duncan trial

U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge has issued a gag order to quell pretrial publicity in the federal case against convicted killer Joseph Duncan. Attorneys, witnesses and prospective witnesses in the death penalty case are barred from talking about the case, other than quoting from what's already in the public record, according to an order Lodge issued Friday.
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Shasta’s home nearly done

Shasta Groene will have a home next week with her own petal-pink bedroom and a Caribbean-themed playroom. After months of fundraising and work, the Coeur d'Alene house built entirely with community donations for Shasta and her father, Steve Groene, is complete.
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Forensics experts expected to testify against Duncan

Federal prosecutors have identified the first expert witnesses expected to testify in the case against convicted killer Joseph Duncan. A forensic anthropologist and forensic odontologist from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology examined the remains of 9-year-old victim Dylan Groene, according to court documents. Both are expected to testify at Duncan's January trial in federal court in Boise.
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Duncan case crawls forward, 2 years later

BOISE – Lawyers are busy filing motions and compiling evidence. Court clerks are updating the docket and scheduling hearings. The federal case against Joseph Duncan is moving slowly toward trial. But in the midst of all the paperwork falls an important date: Today is the second anniversary of the slayings of Brenda Matthews Groene; her fiance, Mark McKenzie; and 13-year-old Slade Groene. The three were bludgeoned to death with a hammer at their Coeur d'Alene-area home on May 16, 2005. Young Shasta Groene and her brother, Dylan, were abducted the same day.
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Child-killer Joseph Duncan still fighting death sentence

Although child-killer Joseph Duncan waived his right to appeal his triple death sentence for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old North Idaho boy, Duncan, through a team of attorneys, is now pressing a series of continued challenges. That’s in part because more...
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9th Circuit dismisses Duncan’s appeal of death sentence

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected claims from attorneys for multiple murderer Joseph Duncan that the killer was incompetent to waive appeals of his death sentence, and dismissed the appeal that defense attorneys filed on his behalf. The attorneys still could seek...