Media Lose Execution Ruling, But …
U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge has issued
his ruling
in the Idaho news media’s bid for a preliminary
injunction regarding limits on witness access to the state’s execution procedures, finding that while the news media has presented “a strong claims on the merits,” it’s just too close to the June 12 execution of Richard Leavitt for him to justify issuing a preliminary injunction. Instead, Lodge said he’d like to hold full evidentiary hearings in the case, with any subsequent ruling to apply to future executions - but not to the upcoming one. An appeal of the ruling to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals still is possible; the 9th Circuit has scheduled time for oral arguments in the case for Thursday, should either side appeal/
Betsy Russell
, Eye On Boise.
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(AP file illustration of Judge Edward Lodge)
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