Studies have shown the adverse effects a parent’s incarceration has on their children, which can lead to increased chances of ...

Richard Leavitt’s face appeared relaxed, though his feet and fingers were fidgeting, as he entered the execution chamber on a ...

An Idaho man whose father was executed in 2012 — the most recent prisoner put to death by the state — will spend up to 50 ...

Richard Leavitt, left, age 26, in a Bingham County courtroom during his 1985 trial for the killing of Danette Elg in Blackfoot, Idaho. He was found guilty and later executed in June 2012.

Paul Rhoades in 2011 and Richard Leavitt in 2012. Josh Tewalt, director of the Idaho Department of Correction, speaks following the failed lethal injection of death row prisoner Thomas Creech in ...

Former U.S. Attorney for Idaho Wendy Olson, now a partner at private law firm ... Paul Rhoades in 2011 and Richard Leavitt in 2012. In a sworn declaration filed with the lawsuit, Boone said she sought ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Associated Press and two ... In the 2011 execution of Paul Ezra Rhoades and the 2012 execution of Richard Albert Leavitt, the IV lines ran through an opening in the wall ...