Jury Trials Delayed due to COVID-19

The Supreme Court of Idaho has paused jury trials indefinitely and issued an Order that a trial delay due to the current global pandemic should not be counted as violating a person’s right to a speedy trial. Jury trials in Idaho delayed until 2021 amid rising COVID-19 cases | ktvb.com Idaho courts operating at reduced…

Covid-19 and Idaho’s Prisons

We are seeing and hearing that most people confined to an institution at the moment have been exposed to the novel coronavirus or have or are recovered from Covid-19. Idaho’s institutions are unable to provide social distancing, placing both incarcerated people and the community-at-large at risk. Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in justice institutions –…