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 noted that he has offered not once but twice before ...
Read More »Public’s right to know about executions limited to official record
Arizonans have no legal right to know where the state obtains drugs to execute inmates, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday.
Read More »New corrections policy, no drugs bring Arizona executions to a halt 
June marked the end of a three-year long legal battle to tighten up Arizona’s execution laws, but even after the state reached an agreement, the fate of those on death row is still uncertain.
Read More »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.
Read More »Questions raised over Arizona’s execution team
An attorney for a death-row inmate in Arizona is raising questions about who will carry out the state's executions after the physician who conducted the last five said he won't do them anymore and the other execution team member's arrest record came to light.
Read More »Condemned prisoners’ complaint triggers trial for ADC 
For the second time in four years the Arizona Department of Corrections will be going to court to defend the way it carries out executions.
Read More »Arizona high court refuses to block execution
The Arizona Supreme Court refused Monday to block an execution scheduled for Tuesday, turning away a constitutional challenge that included a claim by defense lawyers that more than one sedative was improperly used in a previous execution.
Read More »Clemency board to consider death-row inmate’s case
Arizona's clemency board is set to decide Monday whether to stop or delay this week's scheduled execution of a death-row inmate convicted in the 1988 molestation and murder of a 9-year-old Yuma girl.
Read More »Inmate’s lawyer seeks execution stay over drugs
At attorney again sought to delay next week's scheduled execution of an Arizona death-row inmate who was convicted of molesting and killing a 9-year-old Yuma girl in 1988.
Read More »Beaty executed with 1st Arizona use of new drug
A man who raped and killed a 13-year-old Tempe girl in 1984, then took part in her search and attended her funeral was executed by lethal injection Wednesday with a drug that has never been used before in the state.
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