An Idaho judge has scheduled the execution of the state's longest-serving death row inmate following a botched attempt to administer his sentence earlier this year.

Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt in February.

Thomas Creech, 74, has argued that a repeat effort to give him a lethal injection would violate his constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.

Prisoner Thomas Creech, 74, has argued that a repeat execution attempt would violate his constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.

Idaho will begin using central venous lines to execute prisoners by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail

These changes enhance the state’s ability to carry out an execution ... by ensuring we have the infrastructure in place to establish IV access,” said Josh Tewalt, director of the state prison system.

Idaho will now allow lethal injections to be administered via central venous lines in the groin, neck, chest, or arm.