Court reports show that in his grade school years Wells got into trouble for fighting and truancy in addition to stealing money and household items from family and friends.

[9] By the time Wells had reached ninth grade, he had a drug problem that cost him $200 a month for amphetamines and marijuana.

According to Wells, between 1975 and 1978, he was involved in a total of thirty thefts and assaults, resulting in his getting in trouble with the law or being arrested.

[11] On December 20, 1990, a customer entered the Rose Pub in Boise, Idaho in the early hours.

[12] Rains was the bartender at the tavern, while Justad, who worked for a local beer distributor, was a customer.

[13] Following their discovery, both victims were taken to the St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, where they died a short time later.

[15] Four months later on April 23, 1991, Wells was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder in the slayings of Justad and Rains.

However, he later told the detective he had lied and changed his story, this time claiming that he went to the bar with two other people who were his cocaine suppliers.

He then entered the bar with the suppliers, who hit Justad with a baseball bat multiple times until he was dead and handed Wells the weapon.

From death row, Wells did a telephone interview claiming he wanted to clean his conscience and admit the truth.

[32] His last meal consisted of whole lobster, well-done prime rib, fried potatoes, salad with tomatoes and onions and Italian dressing, two pints of ice cream, a half gallon of milk, a two-liter bottle of soda and two apple fritters.

[8] It was the state of Idaho's first execution since October 18, 1957, when Raymond Allen Snowden was hanged for murder.

[30] For nearly eighteen years, Wells remained the only person to be executed in Idaho since the reinstatement of the death penalty.