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<p>Chuck Skoro, left, and Greg Franz, both of Boise, Idaho, join a small group of protesters outside the Idaho Department of Corrections in opposition to the scheduled execution of Richard Leavitt on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in Kuna. Prison officials declared Leavitt, 53, dead at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution. It was only Idaho’s second execution in 17 years. Leavitt was convicted of stabbing 31-year-old Danette Elg, of Blackfoot, in 1984. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Greg Kreller)</p>

<p>Chuck Skoro, left, and Greg Franz, both of Boise, Idaho, join a small group of protesters outside the Idaho Department of Corrections in opposition to the scheduled execution of Richard Leavitt on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in Kuna. Prison officials declared Leavitt, 53, dead at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday by lethal injection at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution. It was only Idaho’s second execution in 17 years. Leavitt was convicted of stabbing 31-year-old Danette Elg…

June 12, 2012

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Idaho executes inmate as witnesses watch
June 12, 2012 6:46 a.m.

Idaho executes inmate as witnesses watch

BOISE (AP) — Idaho prison officials on Tuesday executed a convicted killer for brutally stabbing a woman nearly three decades ago, marking the first time witnesses were allowed to watch the whole process of lethal injection in the state after a challenge by media organizations.