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<p>FILE - This Oct. 20, 2011 file photo shows the execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution as Warden Randy Blades, right, stands in the observation room, in Boise, Idaho. The Associated Press and 16 other organizations are suing the state of Idaho to force officials to allow media witnesses to view executions in their entirety. The lawsuit, filed in Boise's U.S. District Court on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, asks a federal judge to require the state to increase witness access before the scheduled execution of convicted killer Richard A. Leavitt on June 12. (AP Photo/Jessie L. Bonner, File)</p>

<p>FILE - This Oct. 20, 2011 file photo shows the execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution as Warden Randy Blades, right, stands in the observation room, in Boise, Idaho. The Associated Press and 16 other organizations are suing the state of Idaho to force officials to allow media witnesses to view executions in their entirety. The lawsuit, filed in Boise's U.S. District Court on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, asks a federal judge to require the state to inc…

May 24, 2012

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Mediation ordered in Idaho execution policy suit
May 24, 2012 12:01 p.m.

Mediation ordered in Idaho execution policy suit

BOISE (AP) — A federal judge has ordered mediation talks between Idaho prison officials and more than a dozen news organizations that are challenging a policy that limits public access to lethal injection executions.