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Mon., June 6, 2016
Raul Labrador says momentum building for bipartisan sentencing reform
Idaho GOP Congressman Raul Labrador says momentum is building in Congress for major criminal justice reforms, aimed at reversing decades of focus on long prison terms, even for non-violent and …
Sun., April 17, 2016
Eye on Boise: First candidate forum for Supreme Court race takes place Tuesday
The first candidate forum for the four rivals facing off to be Idaho’s next Supreme Court justice initially was announced as a face-off between just three of the four, but …
Sat., July 18, 2015
Idaho man remembers life before Disabilities Act
BOISE – Kelly Buckland remembers what it was like to live as a person with a disability in Idaho long before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed. A lifelong Idahoan …
Wed., June 10, 2015
Ex-clerk in Athol sentenced to prison for stealing $418,000 from city
Athol’s former city clerk will serve four years in prison for embezzling nearly $418,000 from the small North Idaho city’s budget over five years. Sally R. Hansen, who served as …
Fri., May 29, 2015
Idaho officials were warned about Capitol makeover shortcomings
BOISE – When Kelly Buckland and Bobbie Ball rolled their wheelchairs into a meeting with state public works officials several years ago, bringing a list of specific changes needed in …
Thu., May 21, 2015
Corrections Corporation of America cleared in Idaho prison scandal
BOISE – Federal prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file criminal charges of fraud or public corruption in connection with Idaho’s controversial private prison contract with Corrections Corporation of America. The …
Tue., April 28, 2015
Women shut out of Idaho judge selection
BOISE – It seems that women need not apply to the federal district court bench in Idaho. A secretive selection process that Idaho’s two senators have launched to find a …
Wed., March 18, 2015
Ninth Circuit Court considers Duncan’s competency in death penalty appeal
Convicted murderer Joseph Duncan made it very clear he didn’t want to appeal his triple death sentence, U.S. Attorney for Idaho Wendy Olson told the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of …
Fri., May 17, 2013
Boise man faces terrorism charges
BOISE – A 30-year-old Boise man from Uzbekistan was arrested Thursday on federal terrorism charges and indicted by a grand jury for possession of a destructive device and providing material …
Thu., March 29, 2012
Duncan’s competence at sentencing to be reconsidered
Condemned serial killer Joseph E. Duncan is getting another day in court. Duncan, on death row for the torture and slaying of a North Idaho boy he abducted in 2005 …
Sun., Sept. 18, 2011
Eye on Boise: Libraries in Idaho adding pep to the Net
BOISE – Although Idaho achieved the dubious distinction last week of being declared the state with the slowest Internet by the New York Times – some Idahoans apparently are having …
Thu., Sept. 8, 2011
Grizzly shooter pays $1,000; misdemeanor dropped
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has dropped a misdemeanor charge against a Porthill, Idaho, man who shot and killed a grizzly bear in his yard. Instead, Jeremy M. Hill was issued …
Mon., Sept. 5, 2011
Federal officials giving tribal police more authority
BOISE – Law enforcement is being hampered in Indian Country by what federal authorities describe as jurisdictional gaps. So they’re working with three Idaho tribes, including the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, …
Wed., April 13, 2011
CdA drug trafficker’s seized assets help police
Former Coeur d’Alene gold and coin dealer Robert Leon Mertens is serving a 37-year term in federal prison for drug trafficking, firearms violations and money laundering - he’s been behind …
Mon., Sept. 27, 2010
Idaho U.S. attorney a fighter
POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson began her fight for equality at age 9. Growing up in Pocatello, Olson wanted to play baseball and figured she was just …