Idaho is set to execute a death row inmate after nearly half a century behind bars
10 months ago

Idaho is set to execute a death row inmate after nearly half a century behind bars

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — For nearly 50 years, Idaho’s prison staffers have been serving Thomas Eugene Creech three meals a day, checking on him during rounds and taking him to medical appointments. Creech’s killing of David Jensen, a young, disabled man who was serving time for car theft, was his last in a broad path of destruction that saw Creech convicted of five murders in three states. “Our warden has a long-standing relationship with him.. There’s a familiarity and a rapport that has been built over time.” Creech’s attorneys have filed a flurry of last-minute appeals in four different courts in recent months trying to halt the execution, which would be Idaho’s first in 12 years. “He died inside Tom a long time ago, replaced by a harmless, remorseful and compassionate man who evolved into a valued, respected and beloved member of the prison community in which he has lived and been punished for 50 years.” It’s not clear how many people Creech, an Ohio native, killed before he was imprisoned in Idaho in 1974.

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Federal judge temporarily halts Idaho’s plan to try a second time to execute a man on death row
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Federal judge temporarily halts Idaho’s plan to try a second time to execute a man on death row

The Independent  

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Will Idaho go ahead with one of the rarest and most horrible executions?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Idaho go ahead with one of the rarest and most horrible executions?

Slate  

The state of Idaho tried to kill Thomas Creech once. Prosecutor Dayton Reed responded that it would not be cruel and usual punishment if the state were to attempt a second execution, because “there is no evidence that the first execution was malicious or intentionally painful.” Reed contended, “Creech is not entitled to a painless execution, only one that is …

Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — In 2012, two Idaho prison officials chartered a private plane and flew to Washington state with thousands of dollars in cash. After prison officials said the pharmacist’s exposure had scared away other lethal drug suppliers, Idaho lawmakers barred such information from getting out again. Creech’s execution team comprised volunteers who, according to Idaho execution protocols, were required …

Execution of serial killer by lethal injection halted in Idaho. Here’s why
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Execution of serial killer by lethal injection halted in Idaho. Here’s why

Hindustan Times  

The execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, scheduled to take place on February 28, was halted. The warden at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution took this decision after the medical team failed to establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. He was taken to the execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution on a gurney …

Things to know about Idaho’s botched execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Things to know about Idaho’s botched execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech

Associated Press  

KUNA, Idaho — For nearly an hour, Thomas Eugene Creech lay strapped to a table in an Idaho execution chamber as medical team members poked and prodded at his arms and legs, hands and feet, trying to find a vein through which they could end his life. Creech’s death warrant, issued by Fourth Judicial District Judge Jason Scott, said his …

Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line

Associated Press  

KUNA, Idaho — Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S., was wheeled into the execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security …

Who is Thomas Eugene Creech? Idaho set to execute serial killer with love for poetry
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Thomas Eugene Creech? Idaho set to execute serial killer with love for poetry

Hindustan Times  

Idaho is set to execute one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates by lethal injection on Wednesday, February 28. This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009 Creech, a notorious serial killer, is not accused of just the killing of David Jensen, a young, disabled man serving time for car …

US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death row inmates
10 months ago

US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death row inmates

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s scheduled execution next week of one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. “This feels like it’s a delay for delay’s sake and it’s a shot in the dark.” The Idaho attorney general’s office opposed Creech’s request for a stay, arguing that Creech could have raised …

Idaho inmate nearing execution wants a new clemency hearing. The last one was a tie
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Idaho inmate nearing execution wants a new clemency hearing. The last one was a tie

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to put his lethal injection on hold and order a new clemency hearing after the previous one resulted in a tie vote. Brad Little said last week that he has “zero intention of taking any action that would halt …

Execution of Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate delayed for sentence review hearing
1 year, 2 months ago

Execution of Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate delayed for sentence review hearing

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — The November execution of a man on Idaho’s death row was delayed on Wednesday because the state’s parole board has granted a hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison. An Idaho judge last week issued a death warrant for Thomas Creech, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate. After the death warrant was issued last …

Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate is scheduled for a November execution by lethal injection
1 year, 2 months ago

Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate is scheduled for a November execution by lethal injection

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho judge issued a death warrant on Thursday for the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, scheduling his execution for next month. The death warrant was issued by 4th District Judge Jason Scott Thursday afternoon, and the Idaho Department of Correction said Creech would be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 8. Deborah Czuba, with the Federal …

Idaho OKs death warrant for man who killed gold prospectors
2 years, 1 month ago

Idaho OKs death warrant for man who killed gold prospectors

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho authorities issued a death warrant on Wednesday for a terminally ill man who is facing execution for his role in the 1985 slayings of two gold prospectors. The Idaho Department of Correction said it served the warrant to 66-year-old Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. at the department’s Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna in southwestern Idaho. The …

Judge says Idaho gov can’t veto clemency for condemned man
2 years, 10 months ago

Judge says Idaho gov can’t veto clemency for condemned man

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — A judge says Idaho’s governor doesn’t have the power to veto a clemency recommendation by the state’s parole board for a terminally ill man who was expected to be executed this year. Pizzuto’s attorneys with the Federal Defender Services of Idaho went to court, with attorney Jonah Horwitz arguing last month that while Idaho’s Constitution gives the …

Little won’t commute sick death row inmate’s sentence
2 years, 11 months ago

Little won’t commute sick death row inmate’s sentence

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s governor on Thursday rejected an official recommendation to commute the death sentence of an inmate who is dying of terminal cancer. In suggesting changing the sentence the panel had cited Pizzuto’s “current medical condition and evidence of his decreased intellectual function.” Pizzuto has bladder cancer, diabetes and heart disease and is confined to a wheelchair. In …

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