Law & Justice

An interview with Martha C. Nussbaum, author of Justice for Animals. The book offers a revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law.

The Public Media Journalists Association selected the bureau's investigation of deaths at tribal jails as the best nationally edited news coverage for 2021.

In a rare decision last year, the Commission on Pardons and Parole supported a clemency request for Gerald Pizzuto Jr., who was on death row after being convicted of the 1985 murders of Berta and Del Herndon in an Idaho County cabin.

An interview with Elie Honig, author of Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department. In the book, Honig makes the case that Barr trampled the two core virtues that have long defined the department and its mission: credibility and independence.

The case was filed by six Mexican animal scientists in 2017 who say they were hired to work as veterinarians at Funk Dairy in Idaho, but instead were made to milk cows and clean up manure.

Last year the court sent the case of Lindsay Hecox, who is transgender, to a lower court because the student dropped out of Boise State University and didn’t make the sports teams. This week, lawyers updated the court that Hecox is currently enrolled in the university, is playing for its women’s club soccer team and intends to try out for the women’s cross-country team this fall.

In 2021, families of more than 5,600 young Idaho men and women were assessed so-called “cost of care" fees – while the youth were in the custody of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections. And according to a new analysis from the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy, the “system is plagued by burdensome charges and wide disparities in charges, as well as racial inequity.” In fact, one family a Hispanic youth was financially crippled by an outstanding balance of $27,950. And much of that balance was added-on collection fees.

A man once deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for the death of his ex-wife has been cleared to face charges of murder, assault and kidnapping.In 1997,…

Federal officials say 13 people affiliated with two well-known gangs have been indicted. The suspects face a host of charges.Eleven of the defendants are…

Sheriff Walt Longmire, his sidekick Henry Standing Bear and the wide open spaces of Absaroka County are the fictional creations of author Craig Johnson –…