Fordham University law professor James Cohen says Joseph Duncan isn’t helping his chances in court – where he faces a possible death penalty – by his courtroom tactics today, in which he took over juror questioning from his standby attorneys, then refused to ask any…
The final prospective juror who was questioned today requested to be excused from the Joseph Duncan case, because he has non-refundable tickets to Hawaii for a vacation planned 10 months in advance for Aug. 13-27. Both sides and the judge agreed, and Judge Lodge drew…
Interestingly, despite concerns that have been raised about how news coverage of the case could affect the jury pool, most prospective jurors have said they’ve seen little coverage and none that would affect their ability to serve as impartial jurors. Yesterday, when 24 jurors who’d…
Eight jurors survived questioning this morning and were cleared to sit on the case, while two were excused for cause. Duncan never asked any prospective jurors any questions or objected to any of them, but the judge stepped in and asked additional questions of most…
Just as jury selection was about to begin in the Joseph Duncan case this morning, Duncan delivered a hand-written note to the judge asking to do the defense questioning of jurors himself, rather than have his standby attorneys handle that. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge…
The Twin Falls Times-News is reporting today that the Magic Valley regional supervisor for Idaho Fish & Game, who had held the position for eight years, was demoted after he wrote a letter to the editor critical of a proposed large wind farm’s impacts on…
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