BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court sided with the district court in the execution case of Thomas Creech, Idaho's longest-standing death row inmate.
As previously reported by KTVB, Thomas Eugene Creech is a convicted serial killer, who claimed to have killed as many as 42 people. He's been convicted of five murders.
The state of Idaho attempted to execute Creech last February but the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) medical staff were unable to establish an IV line for the lethal injection, and it was called off.
After the failed lethal injection, Creech's attorneys filed an appeal claiming a second execution attempt would constitute cruel and unusual punishment and violate double jeopardy protections.
After filing another death warrant for Creech on November 13, a flurry of appeals was filed at both the state and federal levels.
In one appeal, Creech v. Randy Valley, the Idaho Supreme Court made their ruling on Nov. 27, stating that Creech failed to meet the mark on several points in his appeal.
"The Court also held that Creech failed to state a claim under the Eighth Amendment because he failed to propose an alternative execution method," said the summary statement from the Idaho Supreme Court.
This is the last state appeal for Creech and it is now up to the federal courts to determine what happens next.
