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• Idaho, media settle execution lawsuit

  July 10, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho has agreed to pay more than $29,000 to cover attorney fees and costs incurred by a group of media outlets that challenged the state’s policy of prohibiting …

• Media wins execution access case, state pays fees

  July 9, 2012 in Idaho The state of Idaho and a group of Idaho news media have agreed that all Idaho executions should be open to media witnesses from start to finish, ending a lawsuit …

• Convicted murderer executed in Idaho

  June 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Convicted killer Richard Leavitt was executed Tuesday for a 1984 murder, with witnesses for the first time watching the entire lethal injection process following a court order issued … 1

• Idaho ordered to open executions

  June 9, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sided with the news media late Friday, ordering a preliminary injunction to require Idaho to permit full viewing of the upcoming execution of …

• 9th Circuit orders Idaho executions opened up

  June 8, 2012 in Idaho The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has sided with the news media, ordering a preliminary injunction to require Idaho to permit full viewing of the upcoming execution of Richard … 2

• Idaho execution rule puzzles court

  June 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 PASADENA, Calif. – A federal appeals court raised sharp questions Thursday about why Idaho’s not complying with its 2002 decision that the First Amendment requires witnesses to be able to …

• Judge denies injunction in execution case

  June 6, 2012 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – A federal judge declined Tuesday to issue a preliminary injunction against limits on witness access to Idaho’s executions, finding that while the news media presented “a strong case …

• Idaho has long history of execution witnesses

  June 5, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 Editor’s note: Reporter Betsy Z. Russell, president of the Idaho Press Club, researched the issue of media witnesses to executions both for this article and for the news media’s court …

• News media witnesses at executions an Idaho tradition

  June 4, 2012 in Idaho As Idaho’s news media spar with the state in federal court over limits on access to executions, the case has turned a spotlight onto Idaho’s long and consistent history of … 3