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Our ‘justice’ system: a paradox of errors and innocence
The release of Barry Jones after nearly 30 years on Arizona’s death row, wrongfully convicted for a crime he did not commit, forces us to confront the unsettling of our...
Tag: Capital punishment
State won’t carry out execution after warrant issued
Inmate’s failed testing bid keeps Arizona execution on track
Ducey says state law, not pope, dictates his action on death penalty
Death row thinning in Arizona, nationally – reasons vary
The death row population in Arizona has largely been on the decline since 2010, following a nationwide trend observed over the past 15 years. Meanwhile, experts are at odds about...
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Supreme Court declines to consider death penalty argument
The Arizona Supreme Court refused to hear a first-degree murder defendant’s assertion the state’s death penalty laws are too broad to be constitutional. The court denied Macario Lopez’ case without...
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Supreme Court debates challenge to execution drug
Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate Wednesday about capital punishment, trading unusually combative words in a case involving a drug used in several botched executions. The justices are...
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AZ judge to consider postponing execution over drug concerns
A judge is scheduled to consider a request Wednesday to postpone the July 23 execution of an Arizona death row inmate until officials reveal details about the two-drug combination that...
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Arizona among few states with bulk of executions
WASHINGTON (AP) ai??i?? Just four states carried out more than three-fourths of the executions in the United States this year, while another 23 states have not put an inmate to...
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Arizona executes inmate for 2 murders in 1987
[caption id="attachment_49179" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="FILE - Death-row inmate Daniel Wayne Cook is seen in this undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections. The U.S. Supreme on Wednesday turned...
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Court rejects challenge to Arizona execution law
A state appellate court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of Arizona’s injection execution law but warned the state that last-minute changes in execution procedures are a problem....
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Arizona court postpones considering death warrant
The Arizona Supreme Court has postponed considering whether to set the execution of a death-row inmate who was temporarily spared from the death penalty last year. The state’s highest court...
