Arizona
Death row prisoner asks Arizona for second time to be executed sooner than the state wants
Aaron Brian Gunches' execution would mark a resumption of Arizona's use of the death penalty after a two-year pause while it reviewed its procedures.
An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state's highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the past to have his death sentence carried out.
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