Maricopa County attorney resolves lawsuit with Arizona over executions
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has announced that it has settled its lawsuit with the state of Arizona after the state’s Department of Corrections confirmed it was ready to execute. Governor Katie Hobbs announced in January the creation of an independent review commission on the death penalty, and Attorney General Chris Mays petitioned to drop […]
La Paz County connection in case of man involved in dispute over executions | News
There are ties to La Paz County in the case of Aaron Ganches, a convicted murderer who asked Arizona to carry out his death sentence. He was sentenced to death in 2008 for his murder in late 2002, but was arrested in La Paz County in early 2003 and later convicted in the La Paz […]
Rachel Mitchell Will Pursue Death Penalty Despite Arizona’s Pause in Executions
Days after Arizona’s new governor and attorney general reviewed the protocol around it, suspending executions, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said her office would continue to call for the death penalty, saying the review would continue. I want it to be ‘appropriate’. Mitchell said she respects Gov. Katie Hobbs’ decision to suspend executions and initiate […]
Arizona resumed executions in 2022, outgoing Brnovich seeks one more – Cronkite News
Arizona will kill three men by lethal injection in 2022, and state officials are seeking a fourth death warrant. Prosecutors say sentencing is long overdue for crimes committed decades ago in some cases, but critics say it’s too early for a state with serious problems with the death penalty. (Photo credit: Arizona Department of Corrections, […]
