Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the decision by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland did not change her view of ...

Aaron Gunches was sentenced to death and he’s ready to die. The state is ready to accommodate him. So, what’s the problem?

Two independent contractors who worked on Arizona executions in 2022 received $60,000 in cash each, said retired U.S.

It should insist on finishing what Gov. Katie Hobbs set out to do in January 2023, when she appointed retired Judge David ...

As state leaders continue to take steps towards carrying out their first execution in years, President Donald Trump is taking action regarding capital punishment in his first days in office.

The state has said it has a supply of pentobarbital it plans to compound into an injectable form and use in Gunches' execution. The Arizona Supreme Court will hear the state's request for a ...

File An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the past to ...

But the issues in Gunches’ case go beyond the question of whether a person should be able to waive their legal appeals and volunteer for execution. Whatever Gunches’ wishes, Arizona has not ...

Current law allows those who are sentenced to death for offenses committed before Nov. 23, 1992, to choose between death by ...

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to issue a warrant for the execution of Aaron ...