So, a serial killer who has been incarcerated since 1974..who was sentenced to death, had that sentence commuted to Life..killed his cellmate..sentenced to death again--was supposed to be put to death today..but they couldn't find a good vein, so they canceled the execution?
What a strange world we live in.
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Thomas Creech is an infamous serial killer who was imprisoned in 1974 and is linked to at least 11 murders but claims dozens more. He claimed to have killed as many as 50 people, but many of his confessions were made under the influence of a now discredited “truth serum” drug, according to CBS News.
Initially, Creech was sentenced to death, but then the U.S. Supreme Court barred automatic death sentences in 1976, which caused his sentence to be converted to life in prison. The life sentence changed back to a death sentence when he killed another inmate, 23-year-old David Jenson in 1981 and was sentenced by an Ada County judge in 1983.
On the morning of February 28, 2024, Thomas Creech was stuck with an IV multiple times; after 45 minutes and running out of medical supplies, it was decided that the execution would be cancelled.
“The team attempted eight times through multiple limbs and appendages to establish IV access, consist with IDOC policy,” said the Director of the Idaho Department of Corrections, Josh Tewalt.
After talks with the medical team, Director Tewalt said that there were vein access issues and for the veins that were accessible, the quality was not good enough for an IV.
“Mr. Creech, at this time is back in his cell in F-Block. We are planning to allow the death warrant to expire because we don’t anticipate a status in change of circumstances that will allow us to continue with the execution today,” said Tewalt.
According to some of the witnesses in the execution chamber, Creech was strapped down to a table during the execution process.
“They tried the right arm first, they tried the hand, they tried the left arm, both sides and then they decided they needed to move to his legs,” said Rebecca Boone from the Associated Press.
Rebecca Boone, reported that the medical team used multiple numbing agents while attempting to establish an IV, and during the process, Creech was waving and mouthing words to the other witness room.
“When the warden announced that the execution would be halted, Mr. Creech looked at the people in the separate room, his witness, and waved at them again and sort of shook his head,” said Boone.
What a strange world we live in.
Execution of Creech failed after medical team encounters “vein access issues”
The IDOC team reports that the next steps have not yet been determined following the failed execution and that Creech’s death warrant will expire on February 28th at 11:59 p.m.
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Thomas Creech is an infamous serial killer who was imprisoned in 1974 and is linked to at least 11 murders but claims dozens more. He claimed to have killed as many as 50 people, but many of his confessions were made under the influence of a now discredited “truth serum” drug, according to CBS News.
Initially, Creech was sentenced to death, but then the U.S. Supreme Court barred automatic death sentences in 1976, which caused his sentence to be converted to life in prison. The life sentence changed back to a death sentence when he killed another inmate, 23-year-old David Jenson in 1981 and was sentenced by an Ada County judge in 1983.
On the morning of February 28, 2024, Thomas Creech was stuck with an IV multiple times; after 45 minutes and running out of medical supplies, it was decided that the execution would be cancelled.
“The team attempted eight times through multiple limbs and appendages to establish IV access, consist with IDOC policy,” said the Director of the Idaho Department of Corrections, Josh Tewalt.
After talks with the medical team, Director Tewalt said that there were vein access issues and for the veins that were accessible, the quality was not good enough for an IV.
“Mr. Creech, at this time is back in his cell in F-Block. We are planning to allow the death warrant to expire because we don’t anticipate a status in change of circumstances that will allow us to continue with the execution today,” said Tewalt.
According to some of the witnesses in the execution chamber, Creech was strapped down to a table during the execution process.
“They tried the right arm first, they tried the hand, they tried the left arm, both sides and then they decided they needed to move to his legs,” said Rebecca Boone from the Associated Press.
Rebecca Boone, reported that the medical team used multiple numbing agents while attempting to establish an IV, and during the process, Creech was waving and mouthing words to the other witness room.
“When the warden announced that the execution would be halted, Mr. Creech looked at the people in the separate room, his witness, and waved at them again and sort of shook his head,” said Boone.
