Arizona is one of 27 states still practicing the death penalty.
In 2022, after a nearly 8-year hiatus following the mishandled and botched execution of Joseph Wood in 2014, Arizona resumed executions on May 11th, 2022. Three executions took place in 2022: Clarence Dixon , May 11th, Frank Atwood , June 8th, Murray Hooper , November 16th.
Racial Bias & Death Penalty Outcomes
In the United States, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) have accounted for a disproportionate 43 % of total executions since 1976 and 55 % of those currently awaiting execution.
In Arizona, 44.6% of all documented executions between 1910-2022 have been from BIPOC communities despite representing much smaller populations than the majority Caucasian population.