Idaho says it will try again to execute prisoner who survived first botched attempt

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Idaho plans to execute a 74-year-old man - the state’s long-serving death row prisoner - next month after officials botched his first execution. “And actually, to be honest with you, I still feel like I’m dead and this is just the afterlife.” Deborah Czuba, a supervising attorney with the Federal Defender Services of Idaho that is representing Creech, said the state should not be planning another execution after February’s botched attempt. “We are heartbroken and angered that Idaho would try again to execute Thomas Creech using virtually the same process and team of executioners, and before conducting any official review of what led to the botched attempt to take his life earlier this year,” Czuba said in a statement, according to the Statesman. “The level of recklessness puts Idaho in a class by itself.” The execution procedures have been improved to ensure this next attempt is not botched, Governor Brad Little’s spokesperson Joan Varsek told the Statesman.