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Arizona execution procedures challenged by First Amendment group
There’s a last time for everything
One of the issues brought up in the recent death-penalty litigation challenging the authority of the Board of Executive Clemency was whether the selection committee that forwarded nominees to Brewer...
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US judges chide colleagues over execution concerns
Some federal judges say their colleagues should take notice of the suffering of crime victims, not just the possibility that an inmate being executed may feel pain. The U.S. 9th...
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Capitol Quotes: May 18, 2012
“I like politicians.” — Lobbyist Mike Gardner, on how he’s going to miss the retiring lawmakers. “It opens the door to what I would call political corruption… We’ve got to...
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Judge: Lawsuit needed over execution transparency
Even though the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t block death-row inmate Samuel Lopez’s execution, it took a dim view of Arizona’s lethal-injection procedures, particularly the secrecy that veils executions....
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Appeals court refuses to block Arizona execution
An Arizona death-row inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to block his execution Wednesday so a lower court can consider whether the inmate’s rights to a fair clemency hearing...
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Request to block execution cites clemency issue
An Arizona death-row inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to block his execution Wednesday so a lower court can consider whether the inmate’s rights to a fair clemency hearing...
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Death-row attorney sues Brewer, Clemency Board
[caption id="attachment_45451" align="alignleft" width="239" caption="This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez. Lopez's attorneys are fighting his upcoming execution, arguing in one...
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Arizona Supreme Court denies review of inmate’s case
[caption id="attachment_45451" align="alignleft" width="239" caption="This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez. Lopez's attorneys are fighting his upcoming execution, arguing in one...
