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Execution of Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate delayed for sentence review hearing

By Ap 2 min read

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The November execution of a man on Idaho’s death row was delayed on Wednesday because the state’s parole board has granted a hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison.

An Idaho judge last week issued a Idaho Statesman reported.

The board hasn’t yet scheduled a hearing date.

A spokesperson for the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office, which pursued Creech’s death warrant, declined to comment to the newspaper on Wednesday.

In the clemency hearing petition, Creech described himself as a “devout Christian” and apologized to the family of the man he killed in prison for the pain he caused them. He said he was remorseful for all of his crimes, according to the petition.

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