Idaho Death Penalty News

[k"KKK"hirschkorn]

OK may be they should  learn to read  when 3 drugs are used. 5MG Sodium thiopental  is the first drug used..  When they use 1 drug..  Guess what still 5MG Sodium Thiopental... So when it comes down to it. It takes 3 min. And ur dead no mater what.  I mean really are these folks that dumb... If I was a Judge  and the one drug or 2 drug thing came to  my court room.  Point that out to them and say OK we argue this tomorrow to see if we need a jury.. Bring your A game.  When the first but but comes out ask u have 3 choices rope , bullet , or drugs.  YOU will die in 5 min.  pick one or  will.  O and I don't care if it hurts.

In my opinion  cruel and unusual means. If the average person is not grossed out and the average person can stand the pin with out screaming  in pain.  IT'S GOOD TO GO... So lets hope Idaho is smart and gets back using the Death chamber...

[AnneTheBelgian]

http://www.localnews8.com/news/31083575/detail.html

Idaho Opts For 1 Drug Only In Execution Policy

By Associated Press

POSTED: 12:28 pm MDT May 18, 2012

UPDATED: 12:36 pm MDT May 18, 2012

BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho's corrections chief says the agency is switching to a one-drug lethal injection for future executions of death row inmates.

Idaho Department of Corrections Director Brent Reinke said Friday execution teams will administer a single, lethal dose of the surgical sedative pentobarbital.

That's a change from the execution carried out by the agency last fall, when the condemned inmate was injected with three-drug mixture, which included pentobarbital.

Reinke says the change was driven by difficulties in obtaining the other two chemicals used to kill Paul Ezra Rhoades in November.

The decision makes Idaho the latest death penalty state to switch to using only pentobarbital in its lethal injection.

Reinke says the one-drug protocol will be used in the June 12 execution of convicted murderer Richard Leavitt.






Anne

[turboprinz]

 Killer's competency appeal nears in federal court

By REBECCA BOONE | Associated Press • Published December 16, 2012

 BOISE, Idaho – As an appeal over the competency of a convicted child killer nears in Idaho's U.S. District Court, a judge is sorting out just what expert witnesses should be allowed to testify about in the case.

Joseph Edward Duncan III was sentenced to death in 2008 after admitting he kidnapped and tortured two northern Idaho children before killing one of them. He gave up his appeals later that year, but his former attorneys argued that he wasn't mentally competent and fought the sentence on his behalf.

A hearing on the matter will be held in Boise's U.S. District Court in January.

Duncan's defense attorneys say the crux of the case is whether Duncan suffered from religious delusions or merely held unusual religious beliefs, according to court documents.

http://www.theolympian.com/2012/12/16/2355651/killers-competency-appeal-nears.html