Idaho Execution

[Jazzy]

Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection.

Creech, 73, has been in prison half a century, convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more. He was already serving a life term when he beat a fellow inmate, 22-year-old David Dale Jensen, to death in 1981 — the crime for which he was to be executed.

Three medical team members tried eight times to establish an IV, Department of Correction 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.

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Apparently Idaho didn't get the memo, but Fentanyl is cheap, effective and readily available...and doesn't require an IV for lethality.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Lamb]

I don't think that they can legally change the method since the law states by injection. One article I read stated that they complained that the people attempting to get a line weren't experienced, but when my mom had cancer, the experts couldn't get a line in her for her chemo at one point and she had to have a port put in. I wonder if they'll do that for this guy?

 

[Forgiven1]

There is an ultrasound device that helps "see" the veins to aid with insertion of the IV. Think maybe they need to use one of those on this man. Either that or find someone who is good at putting in IVs such as an anesthetist. Some people do have fine veins and are hard sticks.