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They Are Terminally Ill. States Want To Execute Them Anyway. “I don’t understand trying to kill somebody who is already dying,” says the sister of Idaho death-row prisoner Gerald Pizzuto. Filed 6:45 p.m. 05.06.2021 Gerald Pizzuto Jr., circa 2000. Courtesy of Bruce Livingston Gerald Pizzuto Jr., circa 2000. Courtesy of Bruce Livingston The death penalty is in flux. These are the stories that you need to know about capital punishment s past, as well as its uncertain future.
Gerald Pizzuto is near death, but it’s unclear whether the cancer or the state of Idaho will get to him first.
For more than a year, the 65-year-old has been in hospice care on Idaho’s death row, suffering from advanced bladder tumors, along with Type 2 diabetes, and a variety of heart and lung diseases. According to his defense team, he’s been prescribed 42 different drugs i
House unanimously passes $47.7 billion state budget
By Katie Lannan State House News Service,Updated April 29, 2021, 8:46 a.m.
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House lawmakers unanimously passed a $47.716 billion budget in the early morning hours Thursday after adding tens of millions of dollars in spending over three days, largely to support investments that representatives said would guide the state in forging a pathway out of the COVID-19 crisis.
âAs we cautiously recover from this pandemic and look toward the future, we must continue to build back a new normal which is more resilient and equitable for everyone,â House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz said as he introduced the spending bill Monday.