Arizona
State update
Link to Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty
Date death penalty abolished
1957
Link to death penalty statute
Link to execution statute
Date death penalty reenacted
August 8, 1973
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
Yes
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Florence (Women: Perryville)
Clemency process
Governor has authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice of Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
Not specified
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
8
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
- Jonathan Treadaway, 1978
- Jimmy Lee Mathers, 1990
- James Robison, 1993
- Robert Charles Cruz, 1995
- David Wayne Grannis, 1996
- Christopher McCrimmon, 1997
- Ray Crone, 2002
- Lemuel Prion, 2003
