Idaho ‘serial killer’ Thomas Creech’s death sentence upheld after clemency review

This is a breaking news story. Check back to idahostatesman.com for updates. To sign up for breaking news alerts, click here. Thomas Creech will remain Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner after the state parole board recommended Monday against his plea to avoid execution with a reduced sentence to life in prison. Creech was convicted of five murders, including the beating death of fellow prisoner David Dale Jensen in 1981. He is suspected of at least several others across the Western U.S. but asked that he be allowed to die of...