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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Hawkinson

Idaho says it will try again to execute prisoner who survived first botched attempt

Federal Defender Services of Idaho

Idaho plans to execute a 74-year-old man - the state’s long-serving death row prisoner - next month after officials botched his first execution.

Thomas Creech is set to be executed by lethal injection on November 13, according to a death warrant signed by Ada County District Judge Jason Scott on Wednesday. He was initially scheduled to be killed in February, but officials called it off when they couldn’t find a suitable vein to administer the lethal injection.

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