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Arizona inmate sentenced to death again in cellmate’s murder
An Arizona man has been sentenced to death for the second time in the 2010 murder of his prison cellmate, who was castrated and had his throat slit.
Arizona rancher arraigned in Mexican man’s shooting death
An Arizona rancher accused of killing a Mexican man on his land near the U.S.-Mexico border pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and other charges.
Death sentence upheld in death of Arizona girl locked in box
The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and death sentence handed down to a woman in the 2011 suffocation of her 10-year-old cousin, who was locked in a plastic storage box as punishment and left to die.
Brnovich returns to Supreme Court with execution push
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich renewed the state’s push to execute two death row prisoners Wednesday, returning to the Arizona Supreme Court for firm briefing schedules to expedite the death sentences. The... […]
US Supreme Court won’t hear Arizona death sentence case
The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear Arizona's appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned a convicted murderer's death sentence has opened the door for about 25 death row inmates to challenge their sentences.
Arizona faces drug-expiration deadline for executions
The state of Arizona technically had until today to obtain a death warrant before its supply of a crucial lethal injection drug expires.
Court to review ruling that overturned man’s death sentence
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to review a trial judge's decision that threw out a death sentence for a man convicted of killing a prostitute in Phoenix in 1993.
Federal appeals court voids death sentence in 1980 Tucson rape-murder
A sharply divided court Feb. 4 overturned Robert Douglas Smith’s death sentence, saying lower courts wrongly ignored evidence that Smith was intellectually disabled at the time of the crime.
Ruling: Arizona inmate entitled to hearing on bias
A federal appeals court ruling says an Arizona inmate sentenced to die for the stabbing death of a librarian is entitled to a hearing on whether a judge was biased.
Drug shortage could delay state’s first execution in three years
Arizona is on the verge of executing its first convicted killer in three years. The Arizona Supreme Court issued a death warrant Sept. 21 for Jeffrey Landrigan, who was sentenced to death for the 1989 stabbing and strangling of Chester Dyer of Phoenix.
Death sentence stands for man who cut off victim’s finger
Patrick Wade Bearup was not the person who delivered a beating to a Phoenix man in 2002, nor did shoot the man twice in the head on a dusty road... […]
