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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.
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 officials.
Suit accuses Arizona of violating public records law
Federal public defenders are accusing the Arizona Corrections Department of violating with the state public records law.
Arizona death-row inmate execution set for May 25
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to issue an execution warrant for a man who has been on death row since 1985 for raping and suffocating a 13-year-old girl in Tempe.
Most death penalty rationales fray under scrutiny
In recent weeks, we’ve seen a criminal executed and another execution is scheduled pending a last-minute review. Every time Arizona doles out the most severe punishment humans have the capacity to inflict on one another, I find myself asking: When criminals are killed for their crimes, what are we hoping will result, and what actually results?
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.
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 sentence to life in prison.
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.
Supreme Court confronts victims’ rights impasse
A capital defendant accused in a 2006 mass murder and several organizations representing defense attorneys from around the nation will argue before the Arizona Supreme Court on March 22 to keep crime victims out of private hearings with the trial judge to discuss mitigation efforts of the defense.
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.
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. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in Tucson.
Court ruling upholds Arizona’s execution protocol
Arizona's protocol for three-drug injection executions has cleared another legal hurdle.
