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Idaho on Wednesday halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S., after a medical team repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection

Step at this time, tom? >> reporter: at this point, the defense team for troy davis has filed for several last-minute motions trying to have this execution halted. short of a legal miracle, there's a consensus, a feeling at this point that this execution is going to be moving forward as scheduled for 7:00 tonight. this case has caused an international uproar from the pope to former president jimmy carter saying there's too much doubt to move ahead with the execution. they point to the fact that seven of nine witnesses who testified against davis in the 1989 murder have recanted their statement...