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PHOENIX — When convicted killer Aaron Gunches was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday morning, it was the first Arizona execution since 2022 and only the fourth in over a decade. State ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Davidson County chancellor has ordered state prison officials to allow official witnesses to see more of the process when an inmate is put to death. Several media groups including ...

Major Tennessee news outlets including the company that owns WBIR are pushing to make more of the state's execution process open for public scrutiny. Broadcaster TEGNA Inc., along with the Associated ...