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Executions for 2 inmates draw nearer
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday set deadlines for the state attorney general to file his motions for warrants of execution for two death row inmates.
Death penalty return takes state backwards
We must do everything in our power to shut down Arizona’s machinery of death once more. By attempting to restart it, Attorney General Brnovich is acting against Arizona’s interests, and ignoring what years of research have made startlingly clear: the death penalty fails to deliver justice by every conceivable measure.
Secrecy prevails as executions to resume
Arizona is readying to resume executions after nearly seven years, although the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry did not provide reassurances that the medical team or the drugs used would avoid issues that surfaced through litigation leading up to and during the hiatus.
Attorney general offers again to get drugs for executions
Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent a pointed message August 20 to Gov. Doug Ducey: I can get you the necessary drugs when you’re finally ready to start executing murderers. Brnovich... […]
AG renews plea to governor to begin executions in Arizona again
Attorney General Mark Brnovich is once again pressuring Gov. Doug Ducey to pave the way for executions in Arizona. In a letter this week, Brnovich told the governor that it... […]
Brnovich urges Ducey to start executions again in Arizona
Now that the federal government plans to resume capital punishment, Arizona should as well, according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich.
Federal judge rules state not required to reveal source of execution drugs
The right of the press to access executions does not imply the right to related information, according to U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow.
Federal government not releasing seized drugs for Arizona executions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined Arizona and Texas will not take possession of more than a thousand vials of an anesthetic used for lethal injections.
Ohio’s plan to renew executions breathes life into Arizona case
Ohio’s ability to acquire a controversial sedative used in lethal injections has come into play in a lawsuit seeking to strip away secrecy surrounding Arizona executions.
Judge mulls whether to let Arizona’s executions resume
A federal judge heard arguments Thursday on an effort by Arizona to dismiss a lawsuit over how it carries out the death penalty in a decision that could let the state resume executions.
Arizona executions on hold as death penalty lawsuit gains new life
A lawsuit to strip away the secrecy of Arizona’s executions will begin again after a year on hold.
Supreme Court debates challenge to execution drug
Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate Wednesday about capital punishment, trading unusually combative words in a case involving a drug used in several botched executions.
