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Idaho death row inmate Thomas Creech, pictured here in November 2020, was convicted of three murders in the state and another in Oregon between 1974 and 1981.
An Ada County judge issued a death warrant Thursday afternoon for Thomas Creech, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, setting his execution for next month. Creech, 73, has spent roughly ...
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and Ada County Prosecutor Jan Bennetts were driving forces behind the latest attempt to execute Creech — the 12th time he had been served with a death ...
In January 2024, an investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department concluded that Creech murdered Daniel A. Walker (in what was a cold case). [1] As of 2024, Creech was the longest-serving death row inmate in the state. His execution, scheduled for February 28, 2024, resulted in a failed attempt and was cancelled.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The hour of Thomas Eugene Creech’s death has been set, and it is rapidly approaching. On Wednesday morning Idaho prison officials will ask the 73-year-old if he would like a mild sedative to help calm him before his execution at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution south of Boise.
Thomas Creech, 73, has been incarcerated in Idaho for nearly 50 years — the bulk of them on death row, including for murdering a fellow inmate in 1981. He was scheduled to be executed next month.
The execution team’s failure to carry out a lethal injection “proves IDOC’s inability to carry out a humane and constitutional execution,” Creech’s attorneys wrote. A new death warrant ...
Creech was sentenced to death in both Idaho cases that preceded his two out-of-state convictions, but avoided execution at least 11 times during his time in prison.