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Lawyers say Arizona not following execution rules
Condemned prisoners’ complaint triggers trial for ADC
[caption id="attachment_38202" align="alignleft" width="181" caption="Thomas Paul West, shown in this undated Arizona Department of Corrections mug shot, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, July 19, 2011, for beating another man...
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Appeals court grants new hearing in 1988 Tucson double murder
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that lower courts must consider convicted murderer Richard Harley Greenway’s claim that he was poorly represented in his trial for the 1988 murders of...
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Arizona’s death penalty procedures challenged in federal court
Lawsuit challenges Arizona’s execution methods
A lawsuit claims the Arizona Legislature delegated too much authority to the state Department of Corrections’ director to determine how Death Row inmates are executed. The suit was filed Wednesday...
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Board denies reprieve for Arizona death-row inmate
Arizona’s clemency board on Monday declined to recommend that an inmate’s death sentence be delayed or lessened to a term of life in prison after a long, emotional hearing during...
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Clemency board to consider death-row inmate’s case
Arizona’s clemency board is set to decide Monday whether to stop or delay this week’s scheduled execution of a death-row inmate convicted in the 1988 molestation and murder of a...
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Inmate’s lawyer seeks execution stay over drugs
At attorney again sought to delay next week’s scheduled execution of an Arizona death-row inmate who was convicted of molesting and killing a 9-year-old Yuma girl in 1988. In a...
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Az Supreme Court lifts stay, OKs execution of Beaty
[caption id="attachment_36144" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="Arizona death row inmate Donald Beaty is seen in an undated photo provided by the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. Â The Arizona Supreme Court scheduled a hearing...
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Last-minute drug switch postpones today’s execution
A lawyer for death-row inmate Donald Beaty argued today that his execution should be delayed one to two months so the defense can investigate whether switching one of the drugs...
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Arizona inmate granted temporary stay of execution
The Arizona Supreme Court has halted the planned execution of inmate Donald Beaty, who was scheduled to be given a lethal injection Wednesday morning for the rape and murder of...
