death penalty

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has requested the state Supreme Court issue a warrant of execution for death row inmate Aaron Gunches.

An Arizona man convicted of murdering two people in 1980 was put to death Wednesday in the state’s third execution since officials started carrying out the death penalty in May after a nearly eight-year hiatus.

An Arizona prisoner who is scheduled to be executed in three weeks for two 1980 killings will be put to death by lethal injection, not gas, on Nov. 16.

The planned execution of an Arizona prisoner remains on track after a judge rejected his request to have fingerprint and DNA tests conducted on evidence from the two 1980 killings.

The Arizona Supreme Court is allowing the state to move forward with the execution for death row inmate Murray Hooper next month.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says he has notified the state Supreme Court that his office intends to seek a warrant of execution for death row inmate Murray Hooper.

An Arizona man convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl was put to death Wednesday. It was the state’s second execution this year since officials started carrying out the death penalty again after a nearly eight-year hiatus.

An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl is scheduled to be executed Wednesday.

A judge has denied an Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay his execution in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl.