Posted on 03/03/2023 10:20:10 PM PST by McGruff
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vowed Friday that her administration won’t carry out an execution even though the state Supreme Court scheduled it over the objections of the state’s new attorney general.
The Democratic governor’s promise not to execute Aaron Gunches on April 6 for his murder conviction in a 2002 killing came a day after the state Supreme Court said it must grant an execution warrant if certain appellate proceedings have concluded — and that those requirements were met in Gunches’ case.
Last week, Hobbs appointed retired U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan to examine the state’s procurement of lethal injection drugs and other death penalty protocols due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions.
“Under my administration, an execution will not occur until the people of Arizona can have confidence that the state is not violating the law in carrying out the gravest of penalties,” Hobbs said in a statement Friday.
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“She is a simpleton and a ditz”
AZ GOV <=> POTUS
Why have elections in a Marxist state/country?
Sworn oath of office — for little people.
Government is what WE want.
The media ignores our lawlessness and it is part of their deal.
Another politician who won’t obey their own OATH.
SPJNK.
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