Page 14 - Robert Olson News Today

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Arizona was preparing for its first execution since 2014 on Wednesday, with an inmate convicted of killing a student sc...

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Arizona was preparing for its first execution since 2014 on Wednesday, with an inmate convicted of killing a student sc...

A Pinal County Superior Court judge ruled Clarence Dixon mentally fit to be executed in his conviction of killing an ASU student in 1978.

Judge Robert Olson rejected an argument from defense lawyers that Clarence Dixon's psychological problems prevent him from rationally understanding why the state wants to end his life.

The last execution in Arizona was in 2014, when Joseph Wood ​was given a two-drug combination over two hours in an execution that his lawyers said was botched.

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - An Arizona judge has ruled that a death row inmate convicted of killing a university student in 1978 failed to prove he...

Satanists ask for flag at Boston City Hall

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - An Arizona judge has ruled that a death row inmate convicted of killing a university student in 1978 failed to prove he...

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - An Arizona judge has ruled that a death row inmate convicted of killing a university student in 1978 failed to prove he...

Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday his self-proclaimed "pro-life'' position covers only abortions and not executions — even those carried out in the name of the state.Ducey said he believes in the death penalty in "certain rare situations.''