Louisiana, Arizona end pauses on capital punishment

Execution date set for Arizona inmate who says his death sentence is "long overdue"
Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after more than a decade of issues.
Louisiana, Arizona end pauses on capital punishment as 3 executions set for March
Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men.
Court sets March 19 date for first execution in Arizona in over 2 years
The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and recently said his death sentence was “long overdue.” It would be the state’s first application of the death penalty in more than two years.
Alert: Court schedules March 19 execution for Arizona man in what would be state’s first use of the death penalty since 2022
Court schedules March 19 execution for Arizona man in what would be state’s first use
Arizona to execute first death row inmate in two years almost two decades after killer pleaded guilty
The court issued an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting death of Ted Price, his girlfriend’s ex-husband, near the Phoenix suburb of Mesa
Arizona’s next execution set
The justices acknowledged that it did get legal briefs by outside parties saying that it would be improper for the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to go ahead with the execution using its supply of pentobarbitol.
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