BOISE, Idaho – A man who survived the state’s attempt to execute him earlier this year has another date with the death chamber.
An Ada County judge signed a new death warrant Tuesday for Thomas Creech.
He’s now set to die by lethal injection on November 13.
The warrant comes the same day Idaho Department of Corrections announced new procedures for lethal injection.
Idaho will now be using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm if standard IV lines fail.
The changes come because of previous attempt to execute Creech, who has been in prison for 50 years.
In February, the state tried to execute Creech. After an hour of trying, they failed to find a suitable vein in which to inject the lethal chemicals.
He became the first prisoner in Idaho to survive an execution attempt.
In the time since, Creech has been waiting on death row and even sued the state, saying he had health complications from the failed lethal injection.
The same judge that signed the new death warrant dismissed that case last month.
Right now, Creech is one of nine people on death row in Idaho. He has been there the longest, sentenced to death in 1983.
States across the country have struggled to obtain the necessary chemicals for lethal injection.
Earlier this year, 4 News Now made a public records request with Idaho Department of Corrections to determine where it purchased the chemicals.
The state would not disclose where the chemicals came from.
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