Court Upholds Leavitt Death Warrant

The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a death warrant for Richard Leavitt, who is scheduled to be executed June 12 for the 1984 murder of Danette Elg. In a 10-page opinion issued this afternoon, the justices both affirmed the death warrant, and affirmed a district court decision denying a motion to quash that warrant. Leavitt’s attorneys charged that the death warrant was improperly issued, and came as Leavitt still had other appeals pending in federal court. “It is important to note that Leavitt received due process prior to the signing of the death warrant,” the justices wrote, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Warren Jones/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here.

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