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US Supreme Court rejects appeal by Arizona inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal in which an Arizona inmate facing a scheduled execution Wednesday challenged the death penalty. The justices on Monday turned away without comment...
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Arizona inmate set to die this week wants stay
Lawyers for an inmate set to be executed this week want the Arizona Supreme Court to withdraw his death warrant because the justices toured death row and met with prison...
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Suit accuses Arizona of violating public records law
Federal public defenders have accused the Arizona Corrections Department of violating the state public records law by withholding requested records on the acquisition of execution drugs. Lawyers representing Donald Beaty,...
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Arizona death-row inmate execution set for May 25
Most death penalty rationales fray under scrutiny
“Tough on crime!” We’ve seen that message before, and what politician could ever find success with an alternative stance toward criminals? But when does tough become ineffective? In recent weeks,...
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The science of imposing the death penalty
The execution of Eric King reveals the imprecision in choosing who should be condemned, say death penalty observers. King was executed March 29 for the 1989 murders of convenience-store clerk...
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Arizona death-row inmate asks for mercy, apologizes
An Arizona death-row inmate convicted of killing a man and a teenager after raping and torturing is asking a state clemency board to show him mercy and change his death...
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Arizona clemency board won’t stop execution
Arizona’s clemency board has turned down a death-row inmate’s request that his sentence be commuted to life in prison or that his scheduled execution be delayed. The five-member board voted...
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Supreme Court confronts victims’ rights impasse
Convicted Arizona killer seeking stay of execution
Lawyers for a condemned convicted killer have filed a second motion with the Arizona Supreme Court seeking a stay from his scheduled March 29 execution. In the motion filed late...
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Death penalty decision in Tucson case ahead
Legal experts say it is a virtual certainty that federal prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against the man arrested after a shooting that killed six people and wounded Rep....
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Court ruling upholds Arizona’s execution protocol
Arizona’s protocol for three-drug injection executions has cleared another legal hurdle. A trial judge in Phoenix had upheld the state’s protocol, and a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S....
