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Arizonaâs plan to seek execution warrants includes Navajo
Attorney General Mark Brnovichâs office said that itâs asking the high court to set a briefing schedule before filing execution warrants
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Apr 9, 2021
Clarence Dixon, Navajo, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1977 killing of Deana Bowdoin, a 21-year-old Arizona State University student. (Photo by Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry)
Attorney General Mark Brnovichâs office said that itâs asking the high court to set a briefing schedule before filing execution warrants
The life of a Navajo man could be in the hands of the Arizona Supreme Court.
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April 7, 2021
Arizona has carried out most executions since 1992 through lethal injection. But defendants who committed crimes before that date, including Frank Atwood and Clarence Dixon, have the choice of lethal injection or the gas chamber. (Photo courtesy Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry)
WASHINGTON – While Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is pushing to schedule executions for two death-row inmates who he said have exhausted their appeals, advocates for the men said they still intend to fight.
Brnovich said Tuesday that he plans to seek warrants of execution for Clarence Dixon, convicted in the 1978 murder of a college student in Tempe, and Frank Atwood, convicted for the 1984 murder of a 9-year-old girl in Tucson.
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Arizona Attorney General seeking execution warrants for two death row inmates
Arizona Attorney General s Office
The Arizona Attorney General s Office is seeking warrants of execution for death row inmates Frank Atwood (left) and Clarence Dixon (right) who they say have exhausted their appeals.
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Tuesday that he is seeking execution warrants for two death row inmates who he says have exhausted all of their appeals.
Brnovich said the attorney general s office is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to establish a firm briefing schedule before issuing the execution warrants so it can comply with ADCRR s testing and disclosure obligations based on the drug that will be used in the executions.