Arizona executions to resume, breaking 2-year pause during review of state death penalty procedures

Arizona to Resume Death Row Executions After 2-Year Hiatus

Arizona will resume executions of death row inmates following a two-year pause during which officials reviewed the execution process, Attorney General Kris Mayes said on Nov. 27. In a statement, Mayes said her office has been working with state corrections officials to review and improve the execution process in Arizona since earlier this year. The attorney general also said her office will seek an execution warrant for death row inmate Aaron Br…

Arizona to Resume Executions After Two-Year Pause

Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. Mayes announced in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday that her office will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who was sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend’s ex-husband, Ted Price. The pause on executions began under Gov. Katie Hobbs… Source

After a 2-Year Pause, Executions Resuming in Arizona

Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state's top prosecutor says. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Wednesday that she will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who is on death row after being convicted...

Arizona executions to resume, attorney general says

Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state’s top prosecutor says. In a statement shared with CBS News on Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said that she will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who is on death row after being convicted of killing his girlfriend’s ex-husband. “My office has been preparing since earlier this year to resume executions in Arizona,” Mayes said. “Back in Ma…

Arizona executions to resume, breaking 2-year pause during review of state death penalty procedures

Arizona's top prosecutor says executions will resume in the state following a two-year pause. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Wednesday she will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron

Arizona to resume executions after two-year pause

PHOENIX — Arizona will resume executions — perhaps as soon as early 2025, officials say.