Arizona to Resume Death Row Executions After 2-Year Hiatus

Attorney General Kris Mayes said she will seek an execution warrant for death row inmate Aaron Brian Gunches.

Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., on Oct. 7, 2002. Dave Martin/AP Photo

Arizona will resume executions of death row inmates following a two-year pause during which officials reviewed the execution process, Attorney General Kris Mayes said on Nov. 27.

In a statement, Mayes said her office has been working with state corrections officials to review and improve the execution process in Arizona since earlier this year.