Thomas Creech’s last minute plea for delay of execution has been denied

ADA COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - (Update OCT. 24) – The Idaho State Supreme Court has denied an emergency motion for a stay in the execution of Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate Thomas Creech. 

Creech's attorneys filed the request last week asking for a stay until his appeal is fully developed and finalized. 

In denying the request the Supreme Court said his appeal would be heard before his execution date which is set for November 13th. 

Attorneys for Creech have already filed an appeal for the Supreme Court decision. 

(Original OCT. 21) – Convicted killer, Thomas Creech, is asking the Idaho State Supreme Court for more time to make an appeal before his scheduled execution.

Creech has filed for a stay of execution to "alleviate the extreme time limitation and allow for his appeal...to be fully, fairly, and meaningfully developed, briefed, argued, and considered by the court."

Last week, Fourth District Judge Jason Scott issued a new death warrant scheduling  Creech’s execution for November 13, of this year.

This comes after I-DOC announced new protocols for lethal injection executions in Idaho.

Creech was originally set to be executed 8 months ago, but that stopped when the medical team could *not establish  i-v access.

In response to Creech's motion, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador asks the court to deny Creech's motion for a stay of execution and allow the Department of Correction to move forward with the execution on November 13.