Arizona on track for 1st execution since 2014
Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly 8 years.
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Arizona remains on track, at least for now, to use the death penalty for the first time in nearly 8 years.
Prosecutors have asked Arizona Supreme Court to call off a hearing scheduled by a judge to determine the mental fitness of a prisoner to be executed.
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.
WBAL Radio 1090 AM - AG wants death-row prisoner's mental fitness exam called off
Prosecutors are seeking to call off the fitness exam scheduled for May 3 for death-row prisoner Clarence Dixon.