Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing criticism from the family of a murder victim and a county prosecutor after announcing she will not allow an April execution to take place.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs sat down with 'Fox News Sunday' host Shannon Bream to discuss how the border crisis has impacted the state and why the debate over school choice is taking center stage.is facing criticism for planning to disregard a court order authorizing the execution of Aaron Gunches, the man convicted in the November 2002 killing of Ted Price near Mesa.
"Not only has our family been victimized by inmate Gunches and the emotional aftermath of Ted’s murder, we are now being victimized by the governor’s failure to recognize and uphold our constitutional rights to justice and finality," Price said. Hobbs's lawyers wrote that the state does not have a contract for a pharmacist to compound the pentobarbital needed for an execution at the moment, and corrections officials are not able to identify the state's previous compounding pharmacist. It was also noted that a top corrections leadership position critical to planning executions is open.
Richard Dieter, executive director of the objective Death Penalty Information Center, said he believes Hobbs has the power to halt executions if she is concerned about the way they are being carried out. Mel McDonald, a former U.S. Attorney for Arizona who handled two death row cases as a prosecutor, predicted the state Supreme Court would take up the appeal filed by Price’s sister, saying the dispute presents the court with novel legal issues and raises a lot of questions.
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