Media witnesses described the process as seamless and without incident. But critics of Arizona’s death penalty process ...

The attorney general’s office has identified 22 individuals on death row who have exhausted their appeals and are among those ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years has passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death ...

To die alone, separated from others by sterile glass, or a cold, impersonal screen, is an act of profound cruelty.

Arizona law provides for two different execution methods, but one method is reserved for crimes committed before Nov. 23, ...

Aaron Gunches, 53, pleaded guilty to killing his then-girlfriend’s ex-husband in 2002. He provided no defense at trial and ...

Transparency should be the norm in government, and quite frankly, non-negotiable when the state is taking a life.

But Dale Baich, a former federal public defender who teaches death penalty law at Arizona State University and witnessed the execution, said he believed Gunches suffered from pulmonary edema ...

However, Dale Baich, a former federal public defender who teaches death penalty law at Arizona State University and witnessed the execution, told Newsweek that he believed Gunches suffered from ...

But Dale Baich, a former federal public defender who teaches death penalty law at Arizona State University and witnessed the execution, said he believed Gunches suffered from pulmonary edema ...