Creech is a serial killer. He then killed someone in prison, which sounds like it was in self-defense from the summary I saw, which is why he was ultimately sentenced to die. This was c. 1980.
The various problems (why, for instance, did the parole board deadlock 3-3? why did the seventh person not take part?) aside, the bottom line for m…
Creech is a serial killer. He then killed someone in prison, which sounds like it was in self-defense from the summary I saw, which is why he was ultimately sentenced to die. This was c. 1980.
The various problems (why, for instance, did the parole board deadlock 3-3? why did the seventh person not take part?) aside, the bottom line for me is that there is little public purpose in executing some guy in his 70s after 40+ years.
The problems with executing even that guy underlines the death penalty is just problematic.
Creech is a serial killer. He then killed someone in prison, which sounds like it was in self-defense from the summary I saw, which is why he was ultimately sentenced to die. This was c. 1980.
The various problems (why, for instance, did the parole board deadlock 3-3? why did the seventh person not take part?) aside, the bottom line for me is that there is little public purpose in executing some guy in his 70s after 40+ years.
The problems with executing even that guy underlines the death penalty is just problematic.
Jordan Smith reports (on Twitter):
- Medical teams failed multiple times to establish an IV line in Creech
- It was a 45 minute ordeal
- Creech is now back in his cell
- His death warrant is now expired
Great use of state power. [No] Thanks again, btw, for the "no comment" on his appeals, SCOTUS.