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BOISE — The debate over the death penalty has come to Idaho for the first time in almost a dozen years. Groups opposing capital punishment have descended across the state

The debate over the death penalty has come to Idaho for the first time in almost a dozen years. Groups opposing capital punishment have descended across the state to protest

Creech, 73, is Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner after five murder convictions across three Western states.

Death penalty opponents have descended on Idaho to demonstrate against the lethal injection set for Wednesday.

Three weeks before Idaho death row prisoner Thomas Creech is set to be executed, his attorneys are seeking a new clemency review after alleging in a federal lawsuit that prosecutors

“Had seven commissioners been present for Mr. Creech’s (clemency) hearing, as was supposed to be the case, then he would have had the chance to persuade one more person to vote for life,” the federal lawsuit read.

The day after the state’s parole board denied a reduced sentence to life in prison for Thomas Creech, Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner, a date next month was set for

“Justice has been delayed long enough,” Gov. Brad Little said.