After nearly 50 years in prison, Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in Idaho. Creech, now 73 years old, was convicted of killing a fellow prisoner with a battery-filled sock in 1981, among other crimes.
Throughout his time in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, Creech has been known as 'Tom' and has built relationships with prison staff. Despite his violent past, some prison employees have described him as a generally well-behaved individual with a talent for poetry.
