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Idaho Supreme Court will not reconsider clemency in death row case
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Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr., who is on death row for two murders in 1985, asked for clemency last year. The Idaho Supreme Court said Friday it will not reconsider his plea.
Deborah A. Czuba, the head of the Federal Defender Services of Idaho's capital case unit, said in a prepared statement that the Idaho Supreme Court decision was disappointing.
"There is still time for Gov. Brad Little to accept the recommendation of his parole commissioners and let Mr. Pizzuto die a natural death in prison," Czuba said. "If not, our hope is that the State will have enough grace to wait at least until after the Thanksgiving and Christmas season before making Department of Correction employees participate in a needless and traumatizing execution during the holidays."