Last month, new Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes put a pause on executions in Arizona putting the use of the death penalty on hold until a review of the process is completed.The move came after our new Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs issued an executive order to establish a Death Penalty Independent Review Commissioner who will take on the job.
Arizona is pausing putting people to death.Attorney General Kris Mayes on Friday withdrew the state's legal request for the Arizona Supreme Court to issue a warrant allowing the execution of Aaron Gunches, convicted in the 2002 death of Ted Price, his girlfriend's ex-husband. More to the point, Mayes told the justices she won't be seeking any new execution warrants until she