The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case this week that could redefine how claims of ineffective trial counsel in state courts are heard on appeal in federal courts. A ruling could potentially open or slam shut the door for many who argue they did not get a fair trial.
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Projected execution dates halted for 2 Arizona inmates
July 12, 2021
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PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday threw out the schedule that would lead to the execution warrants for two death row inmates, delaying the projected dates for their executions.
Prosecutors now will have to do more testing of the state’s lethal injection drug before seeking execution warrants for Clarence Dixon and Frank Atwood.
The two men are the first death row prisoners in Arizona to be eyed for execution since the 2014 death of Joseph Wood, who was given 15 doses of a two-drug combination over two hours.
Prosecutors asked the state’s high court late last month to modify the schedules in their bid to get an execution warrant for Dixon after they revealed the shelf life of Arizona’s lethal injection drug was half as long as they previously thought.
Prisoner objects to proposed change in execution briefings
JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press
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FILE -This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, shows Clarence Dixon, who was sentenced to death in the 1977 killing of Deana Bowdoin, a 21-year-old Arizona State University senior, in Maricopa County. On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Dixon s lawyer objected to a request to modify the briefing schedule in the state of Arizona s bid to get an execution warrant against her client. (Arizona Department of Corrections via AP, File)AP
PHOENIX (AP) A death row prisoner who could be among the first in Arizona to be executed in almost seven years is opposing a move that would reduce the amount of time he would have respond to the state’s request for his execution warrant.
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