Richard Leavitt’s face appeared relaxed, though his feet and fingers were fidgeting, as he entered the execution chamber on a ...

An Idaho man whose father was executed in 2012 — the most recent prisoner put to death by the state — will spend up to 50 ...

Richard Leavitt, left, age 26, in a Bingham County courtroom during his 1985 trial for the killing of Danette Elg in Blackfoot, Idaho. He was found guilty and later executed in June 2012.

Leavitt is the son of Richard Leavitt, who was executed by lethal injection in June 2012 after more than 25 years on Idaho’s death row. He was convicted and given the death penalty for the fatal ...