Idaho Inmate Nearing Execution Wants New Clemency Hearing

Published on February 8, 2024

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. Thomas Eugene Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate. He was already serving time after being convicted of killing two people in Valley County in 1974 when he was sentenced to die for beating a fellow inmate to death with a sock full of batteries in 1981. Last month, the state’s parole board voted 3–3 on Mr. Creech’s request to have his sentence changed to life without parole after one of its members recused himself from the case. Under state rules, a majority of the board must vote in favor of clemency for that recommendation to be sent to the governor....

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