Medical team was unable to provide 73-year-old with the access necessary for the lethal injection. Death sentence imposed after he beat his cellmate to death in 1981 with a sock filled with batteries.

The convict himself claims to have committed dozens of murders. His execution would have been the first in the state of Idaho in twelve years.. In recent years, executions have repeatedly failed in the USA. Most of the time, there were difficulties in inserting the intravenous line through which the lethal drugs are administered.