This story originally published in Idaho Reports on Oct. 17. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Thomas Creech’s attorneys in an ongoing legal dispute on Wednesday, the same day an Idaho judge signed his latest death warrant.

Prisoner Thomas Creech, 74, has argued that a repeat execution attempt would violate his constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.

Thomas Creech, Idaho's longest death row inmate, has a new death warrant, with a date of execution of November 13, 2024.Thomas Eugene Creech is an accused serial killer, who claimed to have killed as many as 42 people.