Arizona attorney general files notice for execution of 2 death row inmates Lauren Castle, Arizona Republic Two longtime inmates on Arizona's death row may soon be the first to be executed in the state since 2014. Notices of intent to seek warrants of execution have been filed with the Arizona Supreme Court against Frank Atwood, 65, and Clarence Dixon, 65, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Tuesday. “Capital punishment is the law in Arizona and the appropriate response to those who commit the most shocking and vile murders,” Brnovich said in a statement. “This is about the administration of justice and ensuring the last word still belongs to the innocent victims who can no longer speak for themselves.”