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• Malpractice retrial affirmed

  December 18, 2009 in City on Page A15 A Spokane judge was correct to throw out a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case after he learned jurors had made racially derogatory comments about the Japanese heritage of …

• Appeals court backs judge’s decision on jury remarks

  December 17, 2009 in City A Spokane judge was correct to throw out a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case after he learned jurors had made racially derogatory comments about the Japanese heritage of … 1

• Appeal delays mount for Duncan sentence

  September 27, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 Thirteen months after Joseph Duncan was handed three death sentences for his abduction and murder of a North Idaho child, his appeal languishes in its earliest stages at the 9th … 1

• Russell fights conviction, term

  August 1, 2009 in City on Page B2 Despite apologizing for the drunken crash that killed three Washington State University students and seriously injured three others, Fred Russell has appealed his conviction and 14-year prison sentence. Russell’s appeal …

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  Court upholds Craig’s guilty plea

  December 10, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has denied Idaho Sen. Larry Craig’s appeal in a restroom sex-solicitation case, rejecting every one of his arguments for overturning his guilty plea to disorderly conduct …

• Feds want Duncan’s appeal tossed

  November 20, 2008 in Idaho on Page A4 BOISE – Federal prosecutors are trying to toss out the appeal filed by standby attorneys for Joseph Duncan, saying he never wanted to appeal his death sentence and the attorneys …

• Duncan appeals death sentence

  November 18, 2008 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – 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 …