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Failed drugs will no longer be used in Arizona executions
Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan announced today the state will stop executing prisoners with the drug combination used on Joseph Wood, who took two hours to die in July.
News groups seek lethal injection information
Several news organizations have filed a lawsuit against Arizona that says the public has a First Amendment right to information about its execution protocols.
Midazolam is common thread in 3 lengthy executions
Arizona used a two-drug protocol for Wednesday's execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood, who had been sentenced to die for the 1989 deaths of a former girlfriend and her father.
Despite drug controversy, next Arizona execution set for July 23
The Arizona Supreme Court on May 28 set the date for the state’s next execution even as a federal judge in Ohio delayed executions there on the previous day to hash out the constitutionality of a two-drug combination both states use for lethal injections.
Lethal mix: Arizona in spotlight of debate over execution drugs
Arizona is about to become a hotbed of debate over the secrecy surrounding executions, an issue in which the U.S. Supreme Court has taken notice.
