Archive for July, 2011

Judge orders Boise to turn over documents after cleaning contract canceled

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

After the city of Boise canceled without explanation Clearview Cleaning Services’ $368,000 contract to clean city facilties, its owner filed a public records request to try to learn what happened.

From the Idaho Statesman

Expert: Secrecy contributed to 9th Circuit ruling

Monday, July 11th, 2011

When Joseph Duncan received three death sentences and nine life terms in federal court in Idaho for his murderous 2005 attack on the Groene family in North Idaho, U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge ordered two extensive mental evaluations that delayed Duncan’s death penalty sentencing trial for months. But he never held a hearing on the issue in open court; as a result, all of Duncan’s mental evaluations remained secret.

From Eye on Boise/The Spokesman-Review