The doctor who did the autopsy on executed inmate Joseph Wood said today he found nothing out of the ordinary for an execution during the examination.
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Brewer orders full review of state’s execution process, but says inmate died in a ‘lawful manner’
A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half during his execution Wednesday before he died, his lawyers said, in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding the death penalty in the U.S.
Read More »Arizona high court allows execution to proceed
Arizona's highest court is allowing the execution of a condemned inmate to proceed after considering a last-minute appeal that put his lethal injection on hold.
Read More »Arizona high court delays planned execution
Arizona's highest court has temporarily halted the execution of a condemned inmate as it considers a last-minute appeal.
Read More »Supreme Court allows Arizona execution to proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed an Arizona execution to go forward amid a closely watched First Amendment fight over the secrecy surrounding lethal injection drugs in the country.
Read More »Arizona execution drug case heads to Supreme Court
A case challenging Arizona's refusal to reveal detailed information about the lethal combination it will use to put an inmate to death is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More »Preservationists attempt to save Arizona State Fairgrounds building
A judge granted a request for a temporary restraining order Wednesday to stop the demolition of a historic building at the Arizona State Fairgrounds that played a key role in the implementation of the New Deal in the state during the Great Depression.
Read More »Sen. Kimberly Yee’s primary competition eliminated 
A court ruling has cleared the District 20 GOP primary for Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix.
Read More »Appeals court upholds ban on fish pedicures 
The Arizona Court of Appeals today upheld a lower-court decision banning flesh-eating fish in pedicures, finding that using them could be unsanitary.
Read More »Court: Preclearance, not politics, steered IRC ship
In today’s (April 29) opinion upholding the IRC’s legislative map, a split federal three-judge panel concluded that, although “some of the commissioners were motivated in part in some of the linedrawing decisions by a desire to improve Democratic prospects” in some districts, the primary reason for population deviations were VRA compliance, not politics.
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