ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

 

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HCR 2024: capital punishment; firing squad

Sponsor: Representative Kolodin, LD 3

Committee on Regulatory Oversight

Overview

Pending a constitutional amendment, requires the death penalty be carried out by firing squad rather than lethal injection.

History

Executions are supervised by the State Department of Corrections. Statutes require that death be administered by intravenous injection of lethal substances. Defendants sentenced to death for crimes committed prior to November 23, 1992, have the option to choose lethal gas or lethal injection. If the defendant fails to choose either lethal injection or lethal gas, the penalty of death must be carried out by lethal injection. An executioner's identity is confidential, along with the identity of other persons participating in administering an execution. Board licensure is not subject to suspension or revocation for participation. (A.R.S. § 13-757)

Provisions

1.   Requires the death penalty be carried out by firing squad rather than intravenous lethal injection, except those defendants sentenced to death for offences committed before November 23, 1992, have a choice of either firing squad or lethal gas.

2.   States that death by firing squad or the administration of lethal gas must be under the supervision and processes prescribed by law and the execution must take place within the confines of the state prison.

3.   Directs the Secretary of State to submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by the state constitution.

 

 

 

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