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Clarence Dixon is scheduled to be executed May 11 for the 1978 murder of Deana Bowdoin.

Arizona’s clemency board has declined to recommend that the death sentence of a prisoner be delayed or reduced to life in prison in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years

Investigators say Aaron Mitchell drove up to the 15-year-old girl as she walked to school in Douglas on Monday.

66-year-old Clarence Dixon is scheduled to be executed on May 11 for the rape, stabbing and strangulation of 21-year-old Deana Bowdoin in 1978.

Anti-death penalty groups say they will launch pressure campaigns on Arizona’s governor and attorney general to stop the execution of Clarence Dixon scheduled for May 11.One strategy is to appeal to Gov. Doug Ducey's morality as a Roman Catholic.In 2018, Pope Francis made church teaching to oppose the death penalty.“Dead Man Walking” author Sister Helen Prejean wants local

PHOENIX—Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in ...

A court rejects a claim alleging there are too many former law enforcement officers on the clemency board, saying law enforcement is not a profession.

Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly eight years in an execution in which a condemned prisoner is being given the option of being put to death by the gas chamber — a method that hasn't been used in the U.S. in decades.

PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors have asked the Arizona Supreme Court to call off an upcoming...

Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly eight years