Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate, Thomas Creech is scheduled to be executed this (Wed) morning.
The 73-year-old Creech has been in prison for nearly 50 years after committing a double murder in Valley County in 1974. He’s also been convicted for two other murders in Oregon and California, as well as the 1981 beating death of a fellow inmate while incarcerated in a maximum security prison.
Yesterday, advocates for Creech delivered petitions to Idaho Governor Brad Little urging him to stay the execution.
Little has been a vocal supporter of the death penalty and has said “Creech’s lawful and just sentence must be carried out as ordered by the court” and that “justice has been delayed long enough.”
Creech’s death sentence, the first in Idaho since 2012, is scheduled to be carried out by lethal injection at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
