Death Penalty

A parole board Tuesday granted death row inmate Gerald Ross Pizzuto a clemency hearing in November, rescinding the warrant to execute Pizzuto June 2.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit aimed at postponing Idaho’s planned execution of convicted murderer Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. Defense attorneys are refiling their complaint.

The last time the state of Wyoming executed someone was in 1992. "When that execution actually occurred, I felt it," said Sen. Cale Case. "And people...

A judge has ruled that the Idaho Department of Correction must release parts of records related to its stock of execution drugs.District Court Judge Lynn…

Idaho’s attorney general has added his support for Nevada in a recent court filing as the state tries to carry out its first execution since 2006. Drug…

Blaine County is considering withdrawing from a state program in an attempt to disincentivize local prosecutors from seeking the death penalty and to take…

Death penalty cases take longer to work through Idaho's court system, but it's hard to put a dollar figure on the extra expense, according to a new...

A new report from Idaho's state auditors shows that sentencing a defendant to life in prison without parole is more expensive than imposing the death…

Gov. Jay Inslee said the system had too many flaws to ensure equal justice. Inslee said he will issue reprieves to all capital punishment cases before him.

A federal judge has ruled that a man convicted of murder and kidnapping two northern Idaho children in 2005 was mentally fit when he waived the right to…