Arizona's botched executions have sparked a national debate over the use of lethal injections, with questions raised about the humanity of capital punishment and the need for alternative execution ...

The Arizona State Supreme Court was scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss issuing a death warrant amid concerns about ...

Leroy McGill is scheduled for execution on May 20 for a 2002 attack during which he set a couple on fire. McGill was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder after the attack ...

FLORENCE, Arizona — The state of Arizona executed 55-year-old convicted killer Richard Kenneth Djerf Friday morning, ending a more than 30-year case stemming from the 1993 murders of four members of ...

Arizona tried to illegally import a lethal injection drug that's not approved in the U.S. but never obtained it after federal agents stopped the shipment at the Phoenix airport, according to documents ...

FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) — A man convicted of killing four members of a Phoenix family over 30 years ago in an act of revenge over stolen goods was put to death Friday in Arizona’s second execution of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has green-lighted an Arizona execution of death-row inmate Joseph Wood, amid a dispute regarding the secrecy of lethal injection drugs. The ruling came after Arizona officials ...

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PHOENIX -- State prosecutors are fighting an attempt by Jeffrey Landrigan's lawyers to put the convicted killer's scheduled execution on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of ...