A federal judge granted Idaho serial killer Thomas Creech a stay of execution just one week before he was scheduled to be put to death, months after he survived a botched execution.

Idaho 4th Judicial District Court Provided Hippler announced at the start of Thursday’s public hearing that he granted the defense’s request, adding that prosecutors did not object and that he spoke with court security to revise any additional steps ...

Thomas Creech wants to challenge the county’s claim he killed a man in 1974. That slaying was noted in a past clemency hearing.

Thomas Eugene Creech, a serial killer on death row in Idaho, was granted a stay in execution months after a first execution attempt by lethal injection failed.