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Idaho <br />Department of <br />Correction <br /> <br />Standard <br />Operating <br />Procedure <br />Title: <br />Execution Procedures <br /> <br /> <br />Page: <br />1 of 34 <br /> <br />Control Number: <br />135.02.01.001 <br />Version: <br />4.0 <br />Adopted: <br />05/18/1998 <br /> <br />Josh Tewalt, Director of the Idaho Department of Correction, approved this document on <br />03/30/2021. <br />Open to the public: Yes <br />SCOPE <br />This standard operating procedure (SOP) applies to all Idaho Department of Correction <br />(IDOC) staff members involved in the administration of capital punishment and to persons in <br />IDOC custody sentenced to capital punishment, hereafter referred to as condemned person . <br />Note: This SOP is subject to revision at the discretion of the Director of the IDOC. The <br />Director may revise, suspend, or rescind any procedural steps, at any time, at the Director’s <br />sole discretion. <br />Revision Summary <br />Revision date (03/30/2021) version 4.0: Reformatted document, updated terminology; revised <br />to comply with changes in statute, regulation, and case law, as applicable; reflects changes in <br />IDOC leadership structure; clarified qualifications for specialty teams, improved media <br />representative and witness selection process; updated forms and removed them as <br />appendices. Associated forms are now found in the forms area of the website. <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Board of Correction IDAPA Rule Number 135 .......................................................................2 <br />Policy Control Number 135....................................................................................................2 <br />Purpose.................................................................................................................................2 <br />Responsibility ........................................................................................................................2 <br />Standard Procedures ............................................................................................................5 <br />1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................5 <br />2. Monitoring Appellate Activities .......................................................................................5 <br />3. Staff Conduct and Professionalism ...............................................................................6 <br />4. Attempted Disruption of Execution Process ..................................................................6 <br />5. Specialty Teams and Training and Practice Requirements ............................................6 <br />6. Death Warrant for Pregnant Person ..............................................................................9 <br />7. Stay of Execution ..........................................................................................................9 <br />8. Public Information and Media Access ..........................................................................10 <br />9. External Security ......................................................................................................... 11