BOISE, Idaho – A man scheduled to die by lethal injection next month in Idaho is appealing, hoping to stop his execution.
Convicted killer Thomas Creech has been on Idaho death row since 1983, longer than any inmate currently sentenced to death.
The state botched his execution earlier this year and recently announced changes to the lethal injection process leading up to a new execution date on November 16.
Creech has tried several times to stop his execution, including recent attempts to say he was tortured when executioners tried for more than an hour to insert an IV through which to administer the lethal injection.
This week, Creech filed an appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court.
Creech contends that previous orders denying his relief violate his protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
Creech was convicted of multiple murders and is suspected of several more.
In the decades since, he’s applied several times for clemency. Those motions have been supported by unlikely people, including prison staffers and the former warden.
Creech’s attorneys have asked for the recent appeals to be expedited, given the date of the upcoming scheduled execution.
The Idaho Supreme Court has scheduled a deadline for oral arguments on November 4.
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