Capital Punishment

Richard Glassel, Death Row Inmate, Dies From "Natural Causes" at Age 74

After waiting around in prison for nine years, death-row inmate Richard Glassel died from "apparent natural causes" at the age of 74, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.Glassel killed two people and injured three when he opened fire at a board of directors meeting for a retirement co ... More >>

Dale Hausner, One of Valley's Infamous "Serial Shooters," Apparently Wants To Die ASAP

See Also: Dale Hausner, One of Phoenix's Infamous "Serial Shooters" in 2005-06, To Remain On Death Row Dale Hausner, part of the "Serial Shooter" team that killed and maimed numerous Valley citizens (and animals) before their 2006 capture, wants to be executed as soon as possible. At least that' ... More >>

Poster Child For Capital Punishment Advocates James Wallace Leaves Death Row

James Granvil Wallace, a 62-year-old murderer from Tucson who has been on death row for more than a quarter-century, now will spend the rest of his life in prison after a highly controversial Arizona Supreme Court ruling. ​The court's unanimous reasoning for allowing Wallace to escape exec ... More >>

Money Pit: Andy Thomas’ Death-Penalty-Laden Years as Maricopa County Attorney

Do Arizona's Executions Need to Be Carried Out in a "More Timely Manner"?

Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona's death row for nearly three decades, was executed yesterday for chopping up his adoptive mother.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne responded by saying there was "no rational reason" for it to take that long."We have been working hard to help reform a system in whi ... More >>

Robert Moorman Executed For Chopping Up His Adoptive Mother in 1984

​Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona's death row for nearly three decades, was executed today at the state prison in Florence.Moorman, 63, was originally in prison for a kidnapping conviction out of Coconino County in 1972.During that prison stint, Moorman was granted a 72-hour "compassionate furlo ... More >>

Tom Horne: "There Is No Rational Reason" For Taking So Long to Execute Robert Moorman

​Attorney General Tom Horne acknowledges "[j]ustice was carried out" today against Brian Moorman, who was executed this morning for chopping up his adoptive mother.He's also wondering why exactly it took until 2012 to execute a guy who hacked up mom in 1984.As we've previously noted, Arizona spent ... More >>

Execution Warrant for Robert Moorman, Arizona's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate, Could Be Issued Today

​The Arizona Supreme Court today will consider whether to issue an execution warrant for a man convicted of murdering his adoptive mother back in 1984. After murdering her, he chopped her body up into several pieces, and scattered them in dumpsters near the Florence Prison -- where he was an inmat ... More >>

Should Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau Expect a Date With an Executioner's Needle?

Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau is a prime candidate for the death penalty.​Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty, it exists because of guys like convicted Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau.Goudeau was convicted yesterday of 67 serious felonies -- nine of which were murder raps -- stemming from ... More >>

Chronic Drug Use and Childhood Abuse (and Crappy Lawyers) Wins Death Row Inmate New Trial Or Life in Prison

Arizona Department of CorrectionsSteven James​The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out the death sentence of an Arizona death row inmate who was sentenced to die for the brutal 1981 murder of a man he targeted for being gay.Inmate Steven Craig James, 53, who's been on death row for nearly 2 ... More >>

AG Tom Horne on Upcoming Execution of Kid-Killing Rapist Richard Stokley: Hurry Up

Arizona Department of CorrectionsRichard Stokley​A Federal appeals court today upheld the death sentence for kid-killing rapist Richard Stokley. No execution date has been set, but Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne doesn't want to see Stokley's date with death delayed any further."The date for St ... More >>

Death Row `Last Meals' May Becoming Thing of The Past (Not Executions)

We wrote a little story back for this paper in the Dark Ages (before, yikes, the Internet!) about the last meals that Arizona's death row inmates order in advance should their time ever come.   This pup was not eaten by a death row inmate. ​It was kind of a humorous piece that f ... More >>

Thomas Paul West to be Executed Within the Hour for 1987 Murder

AZ DOCThomas West is scheduled to die in less than an hour​For the fifth time since October, Arizona is set to execute a convicted murderer. Like many before him, Thomas Paul West has been on Death Row for over 20 years.West is scheduled to die -- barring a last-minute reprieve -- at 11 a.m.West, ... More >>

Thomas Paul West Skips Best Part of Being Executed by the State: The Food

AZ DOCThomas West declined a last meal before his execution. ​After more than 20 years on Arizona's Death Row, convicted murderer Thomas Paul West was executed this morning at the state prison in Florence. According to prison officials, West didn't have any last words. He also skipped the best par ... More >>

Thomas Paul West, Condemned Inmate on Death Row for Nearly 23 Years, Begs for Mercy Before Tuesday Execution

Arizona Department of CorrectionsThomas Paul West​Thomas Paul West, 52, has been on death row since the Reagan administration. He's scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday, but is now seeking the same last-minute appeals many condemned inmates seek before their state-ordered date with death.West i ... More >>

Morning Poll: How Long is Too Long to Be on Death Row?

Huffington PostIf you kill someone in Arizona, there's a chance you'll be strapped to a table similar to this one -- 20 years later.​New Times took a look yesterday at Arizona's 130 death row inmates awaiting execution. Turns out, nearly 20 percent (24 of 130) have been rotting away/cheating court ... More >>

Arizona Court Upholds Death Sentence for James Styers, One of 24 Inmates on Death Row for Over 20 Years

Arizona Department of Corrections James Styers​The Arizona Supreme Court has again upheld the death sentence of a man who murdered his girlfriend's 4-year-old son more than 20 years ago.Styers is one of 24 inmates who's been on Arizona's death row for two decades or more.In a 4-1 ruling tod ... More >>

Kid-Killing Child Molester Richard Bible to be Executed Today

Arizona Department of CorrectionsKid-killing child molester Richard Bible is scheduled to die at 11 a.m.​Tick-tock...Kid-killing child molester Richard Bible is set to be put to death in just hours for the 1988 murder of a 9-year-old girl.Richard Bible is set to die at 11 a.m. after losing all of ... More >>

Richard Bible, Kid-Killing Child Molester, Dead. State Executes Murderer on Death Row for More Than 20 Years

Arizona Department of CorrectionsKid-killing child molester Richard Bible is no more.​Arizona Department of Corrections officials confirm to New Times that kid-killing child molester Richard Bible has been executed.Bible, DOC spokesman Barrett Marson says, was pronounced dead at 11:11 a.m.Bible wa ... More >>

Nearly 20 Percent of Arizona's Condemned Inmates Have Been Sitting on Death Row for at Least 20 Years -- on the Taxpayers' Dime

Huffington PostDon't murder anyone in Arizona, or there's a good chance you'll end up here...20 years later.​Kid-killing child molester Richard Bible was executed this morning after sitting on death row -- on the taxpayers' dime -- for more than 20 years.But Bible's not the only convicted murderer ... More >>

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution for Arizona Kid-Killing Child Molester Richard Bible

Arizona Department of CorrectionsKid-killing child molester Richard Bible is scheduled to die manana.​Kid-killing child molester Richard Lynn Bible is running out of time. He's set to be put to death tomorrow for murdering a 9-year-old girl, and today, the United States Supreme Court denied him a ... More >>

Kid-Killing Rapist Donald Beaty's Execution Put on Hold

A clerical error has resulted in a stay in the execution of Donald Beaty, a kid-killing rapist on Death Row for more than two decades.​The Arizona Supreme Court has issued a stay in the execution of kid-killing rapist Donald Beaty because of a last-minute switcheroo in one of the drugs used to put ... More >>

Kid-Killing Rapist Donald Beaty's Execution's Back On

Unless a court rules otherwise, Donald Beaty will be dead by 10 a.m. tomorrow.​Game on.The Arizona Supreme Court has lifted a stay on the execution of kid-killing rapist Donald Beaty.Beaty was scheduled to die at 10 a.m. today, but the court issued a last-minute stay on the execution last night as ... More >>

Donald Beaty, Kid-Killing Rapist, Will be Put to Death Next Week, Judge Reiterates

Donald Beaty will be put to death on May 25.​An Arizona judge has refused to block the death sentence of a man convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of 13-year-old Christy Ann Fornoff.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Janet Barton ruled today that Donald Beaty's claims that he didn't have effec ... More >>

Donald Beaty, Kid-Killing Rapist, Wants Death Sentence Overturned

Donald Edward Beaty​Kid-killing rapist Donald Beaty is scheduled to be put to death on May 25 at the state prison in Florence for the 1984 murder and rape of 13-year-old Christy Ann Fornoff. Let the last-minute appeals commence.Beaty's attorneys filed a motion yesterday to have his death sentence ... More >>

Execution Date Set for Arizona Killer More Than 25 Years After Being Convicted of Murdering 13-Year-Old Girl

Arizona Department of Corrections Donald Edward Beaty​An execution date finally has been set for an Arizona killer convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl as she collected money for her paper route at a Tempe apartment complex in 1984.After nearly 26 years on Death Row -- o ... More >>

Kid Killer Jason Bush to Join Accomplice Shawna Forde on Death Row for Deadly 2009 Attack on Arivaca Family

Clear a spot on death row for kid killer Jason Bush.​Jason Bush, the kid-killing accomplice of Minutewoman Shawna Forde, will join his murderous cohort on death row, a Tucson jury decided today.Bush was found guilty last monthd in the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In ... More >>

Death Row Inmate Daniel Wayne Cook Denied Mercy by State Clemency Board. To be Executed Tuesday

Daniel Wayne Cook​As convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook's date with death inches closer, a state clemency board has denied his request for mercy.Cook's lawyers claim he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain damage that wasn't diagnosed at the time of his sentencing. His att ... More >>

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay for Condemned Murderer, Execution Scheduled for 10 a.m.

​If you're reading this after 10 a.m., there's a pretty good chance that convicted murderer Eric John King will be dead.The United States Supreme Court this morning denied a stay of execution filed by King's attorneys that would have delayed his execution until the state switches to a one-drug exe ... More >>

Catholic Bishops Protest Upcoming Executions; Say Death Penalty Contributes to "Culture of Death"

​There are two executions scheduled to take place in Arizona in the next week, and Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference aren't happy about it.The group issued a statement on the matter this morning, which you can read in its entirety below. 

Daniel Wayne Cook Petition Denied; Execution to Go Forward

Daniel Wayne Cook​The execution of convicted murder Daniel Wayne Cook, who has been sitting on death row for more than two decades, will go forward after a last-ditch petition filed by his lawyer was denied by the state Supreme Court yesterday.Earlier this month, Cook's attorneys filed a petition ... More >>

Daniel Wayne Cook Files Last-Ditch Petition to Avoid Execution

Daniel Wayne Cook really doesn't want to die.​Give it up, bub...After sitting on death row for more than two decades, Daniel Wayne Cook is still fighting to avoid his date with the executioner's needle, which happens to be less than a month away.Cook's attorneys filed a petition to review his deat ... More >>

Daniel Wayne Cook's Date With Death Scheduled for April

Daniel Wayne Cook will be put to the death on April 5.​It's on.After nearly 24 years on death row, convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook finally has been assigned a date with death.The Arizona Department of Corrections announced today that Cook will be executed on April 5, at 10 a.m ... More >>

Avondale Man Gets Life for Murder of Girlfriend's 3-Year-Old Daughter

Alvaro Duarte​An Avondale man convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where Judge Janet Barton sentenced him to naturla life in prison.Alvaro Holguin Duarte pleaded guilty to the 2008 murder of Alisandra Oliviana Romero, his gi ... More >>

Daniel Wayne Cook Execution to Go Forward, State Supreme Court Rules

Daniel Wayne Cook's 24 years on death row could be coming to an end.​The Arizona Supreme Court ruled this afternoon that the execution of a convicted murderer -- who's been sitting on death row for nearly 24 years -- can finally go forward.The court approved the death warrant for Daniel Wayne Cook ... More >>

Attorney Who Defended Unabomber, 9/11 Conspirator, and Olympic Park Bomber Slated to Represent Man Accused of Murderous Rampage in Tucson

www.jcsrlaw.net Defense Attorney Judy Clarke has defended a laundry list of high-profile clients accused of capital crimes​What type of legal defense will Jared Loughner's legal team mount? How do you defend a suspect who carries out a violent crime as publicly as the one Loughner alle ... More >>

Sean Gaines Gets 25 Years in Skinhead Slaying, While Patrick Bearup Remains on Death Row

Patrick Bearup: Facing the needle, while his cohorts cheat deathSomeone contacted me recently, wondering whether or not I support the death penalty. I told them I do not, but not because I think it's such a bad idea to give the needle to those who are dead-to-rights guilty of a capital crime.Rather, ... More >>

A Valley Woman Who Nearly Died at the Hands of the Oldest Death-Row Inmate in the U.S. Believes His Maker's Dealing with Him Harshly

"Retarded" German Killer Rudi Apelt Sentenced (Again)

Arizona Department of Corrections Michael Apelt (left) remains on death row, but Rudi Apelt can't be executedRudi Apelt, a German national whose brutal murder of a local woman led to a death sentence in 1989, got a reprieve from death row in May after his lawyers convinced a judge that he is ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Cuts a Plea Deal with a Neo-Nazi, County Democrats Reorganize, and a Phony UPS Guy Delivers Redflex Ticket

2008 Death Penalty Stats Prove Old Man Nash is Hardly the Only One Avoiding Execution

The folks at the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington D.C. sent us their informative year-end report in the aftermath of our recent piece on 93-year-old Viva Leroy Nash, the senior member of death row here in Arizona and nationwide. It shows that U.S. executions are down more than 60 ... More >>

Nation’s Oldest Death Row Inmate Will Never Be Executed

Sympathy for the Devil

A con man may be smart enough to escape death row by pretending he’s mentally retarded. Are we dumb enough to buy it?

Dead Man Talkin'

A murderer tells New Times that he wants desperately to die, but a U.S. appeals court won't let the state kill him

About Face

Ray Krone's got it all. A new look. Money. Problem is, he can't seem to forgive those who screwed up and put him on Arizona's death row

Reconstruction Ring

Off with their heads

Arizona's Juries are proving tougher than judges under a new murder sentencing system

Dead Men Talking

The ACLU is fighting a state law that keeps death row inmates off the Web

Arizona's Worst Criminal

Infamous killer Robert Comer now says he's the one who should die

Waco Brothers

Electric Waco Chair (Bloodshot)