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Latest news from the Idaho Mountain Express: * New evidence surfaces in Johnson case - Attorney: new fingerprint could clear his clientAn attorney for Sarah M. Johnson claims that recently discovered evidence could clear his client in the 2003 murders of her parents. Hailey attorney Christopher Simms wrote... that previously unidentified fingerprints on the murder weapon have now been identified... Johnson, now 22, was 16 when she was charged with the murders of her parents...In another recent development, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review Johnson's case.... The petition followed a decision last June by the Idaho Supreme Court to uphold Johnson's murder convictions. (pdf file here) * Judge says 'no' to pro se wannabe - Ely gets an attorney whether she wants one or notLori Monique Ely, a woman accused of battering local peace officers, wanted to go pro se but Judge Barry Wood said "no" and told her to stick with her assigned public defender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).