Tag: Clarence Dixon
Judge won’t halt Arizona execution of Clarence Dixon — at...
A federal judge on Saturday refused to halt an Arizona execution planned for Wednesday after the state provided attorneys for convicted killer...
Judge mulls Clarence Dixon’s mental fitness to be executed
A judge plans to issue a ruling Tuesday night on a request by an Arizona prisoner to stop his May 11 execution...
Clemency bid denied for death row inmate Clarence Dixon
Arizona’s clemency board has unanimously declined to recommend to Gov. Doug Ducey that the death sentence of a prisoner be delayed or...
Arizona on track, for now, for 1st execution since 2014
Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly eight years in...
AG Mark Brnovich wants death-row prisoner’s mental fitness exam called off
Prosecutors have asked the Arizona Supreme Court to call off an upcoming hearing scheduled by a lower-court judge to determine the mental...
Lawyers for Clarence Dixon say he’s mentally unfit to be executed
Attorneys for a prisoner scheduled to become the first person to be executed in Arizona in nearly eight years are making another...
1st execution in Arizona in nearly 8 years set for May...
The Arizona Supreme Court issued an execution warrant Thursday for a death-row prisoner in what would be the state’s first use of...
Arizona plans to seek warrants for 1st executions in 7 years
Prosecutors told the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday that they intend to seek execution warrants soon for two death-row inmates in what...
Projected execution dates halted for 2 Arizona inmates
The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday threw out the schedule that would lead to the execution warrants for two death row inmates,...
Arizona refurbishes gas chamber in push to resume executions
As it aims to resume executions after a seven-year hiatus, Arizona has refurbished its gas chamber, where the nation’s last lethal-gas execution was carried...
