Timothy Dunlap News Today

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series on the death penalty in Idaho. You can read part one here. IDAHO – For a high-profile criminal, the worst-case scenario is often death row. Defense lawyers are trained to do everything in their power to keep their clients from being executed by the government. […]

In the first court appearance for the man accused of brutally killing four University of Idaho students, a judge laid out all five counts he is facing. Even if he was found guilty of just one of the four counts of murder, he could be sentenced to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The Robert Clifford second-degree murder trial has been adjourned until next Monday after one of Clifford's lawyers tested positive for COVID-19. The judge advised that he is still isolating after his second bout with the virus.

The lawyer for a Wainwright man accused of murdering his wife says the charges should be tossed after taking too long to proceed

The Mountie said he was taken aback by the conversation. He described it as bizarre.  "It didnt seem to me that his reaction was natural," Creaser testified. "The mother of his grandchildren was deceased. I would have expected a much different reaction."  Nichole and Robert Clifford had separated weeks before her death. She had filed divorce papers and obtained an emergency protection order from the courts after he sent her harassing messages and allegedly broke into her house at least twice....