28 February 2024 :
February 28, 2024 - Idaho. Idaho halts execution of Thomas Eugene Creech after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
Creech was wheeled into the execution chamber at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution on a gurney at 10 a.m.
Three medical team members tried eight times to establish an IV, Corrections Director Josh Tewalt told a news conference afterward. In some cases, they couldn’t access the vein, and in others they could but had concerns about vein quality. They attempted sites in his arms, legs, hands and feet. At one point, a medical team member left to gather more supplies. The warden announced he was halting the execution at 10:58 a.m.
(On the Creech case see also HoC 25/02/2024)
(Source: Associated Press, 28/02/2024)
