In an order issued Thursday, the state’s highest court said it must grant an execution warrant if certain appellate proceedings have concluded — and the court said those requirements were met in Gunches’ case.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court issued a warrant to execute a prisoner even though the state’s new Democratic attorney general tried to withdraw her Republican predecessor’s request to carry out the execution.
The decision to schedule the execution of Aaron Gunches came six weeks after Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office said it wasn’t going to seek court orders to execute prisoners until a review ordered by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs of death penalty procedures is completed. The state has a history of mismanaging executions.
Nearly a week ago, Hobbs appointed retired U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan to examine the state’s procurement of lethal injection drugs and other death penalty protocols. From day one, we’ve known that we inherited a deeply broken corrections system. Judge Roslyn Silver’s June 30, 2022 ruling found ADCRR in violation of the Constitution and detailed how the system is plagued with inadequate medical and mental healthcare and other critical, systemic problems that could be life or death issues for people in the Department’s custody if not properly addressed.
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