Death-row inmates sue state over execution procedures
Attorneys for a group of death-row inmates who went to trial this week in a federal lawsuit say the department didn’t interview or check the background and licensing of the doctor or a medical assistant, neither of whom were qualified under the department’s protocol or procedures for execution.
State’s most recent execution marks uptick in carrying out death sentences
As black curtains were drawn March 29 to cover the corpse of Eric J. King, the 89th person Arizona has executed, three Republican legislators left the death chamber with their support of the ultimate punishment intact, while a fourth still had some reservations.
Arizona executes inmate after stay is lifted
Arizona has executed Jeffrey Landrigan for a 1989 murder in the state's first execution since 2007.