There was no ruling from the bench, but the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has asked Idaho officials to see if they can change the state's execution access rules in time for the June 12 execution of Richard Leavitt, to allow the full procedure, including the insertion of IV's, to be viewed by witnesses. During oral arguments this morning in Pasadena, Calif., Judge Marsha Berzon questioned why Idaho should be an exception when other states have decided that entire executions can be seen by the public. “California has been doing it. Ohio has been doing it. Arizona just announced they are going to do it,” Berzon said. “You haven't put anything in the record that Idaho is different in this regard. That you haven't done”/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

Question: Ah, do you think perhaps that Idaho might be out of step with the nation re: media access to executions?