Judge rejects challenge to makeup of Arizona clemency board
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.
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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.
Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly eight years
Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly 8 years.
A legal challenge from Clarence Dixon, who is on death row, claims the clemency board is filled with law enforcement and is prejudiced against him.