Arizona Supreme Court rejects bid to reschedule execution Taiwan News 20230406 100835

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court declined Wednesday to reschedule an execution initially set for this week that looked unlikely to be carried out after Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office said the state wasn’t prepared to enforce the death penalty. In an order, the court rejected setting a May 1 execution date for prisoner Aaron Gunches for his murder conviction in the 2002 killing of Ted Price near the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. The execution was originally scheduled for Thursday. Hobbs, who has ordered a review of Arizona’s death penalty protocols due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions, had…