{"id":14157,"date":"2025-03-19T21:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/arizona-executes-man-by-lethal-injection-for-2002-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:53:50","slug":"arizona-executes-man-by-lethal-injection-for-2002-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/arizona-executes-man-by-lethal-injection-for-2002-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona executes man by lethal injection for 2002 murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A 53-year-old man convicted of murder was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/execution-arizona-inmate-aaron-gunches-death-sentence-long-overdue\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">put to death<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by lethal injection in Arizona on Wednesday in the first execution in the southwestern U.S. state in more than two years.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Gunches, who had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/aaron-gunches-execution-request-withdraws-torture\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">dropped legal efforts<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to halt his execution, was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of Ted Price, his girlfriend&#8217;s ex-husband.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Justice for Ted Price and his family was finally served,&#8221; Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told reporters following the execution at a state prison in Florence, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Media witnesses said Gunches was placed on a gurney in the death chamber and restraints were put on his arms and legs.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he had any last words, Gunches shook his head to say no.<\/p>\n<p>Intravenous lines were then inserted into his arms and Gunches breathed heavily several times after the drugs began to flow, the witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p>He lost consciousness and his chest stopped moving several minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Gunches was declared dead at 10:33 a.m. local time and &#8220;the process went according to plan and without incident,&#8221; the Arizona Department of Corrections said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Gunches was the first prisoner put to death in Arizona since November 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Problems with administering lethal injections in previous executions led to a suspension of capital punishments while a review was conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Gunches was executed one day after a 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder was put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Jessie Hoffman, who was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of Molly Elliott, a 28-year-old advertising executive, was the first person <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/louisiana-death-row-inmate-first-nitrogen-gas-execution\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">executed in Louisiana<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person in the United States \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alabama-nitrogen-gas-execution-alan-eugene-miller-secrecy-corrections-department\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">all in Alabama<\/a><\/span>, the only other state with a protocol for the method, which involves pumping nitrogen gas into a facemask, causing the prisoner to suffocate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman&#8217;s attorneys sought to stop the execution saying in court filings the method is unconstitutional, violating the Eighth Amendment&#8217;s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The state&#8217;s attorney general said at least four people are expected to be executed this year. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next execution is scheduled to take place in Oklahoma on March 20, and there are 11 remaining executions scheduled for 2025,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deathpenaltyinfo.org\/executions\/upcoming-executions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to<\/a>\u00a0the Death Penalty Information Center.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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