Arizona
Arizona inmate slated for lethal injection; will get a single dose of pentobarbital
PHOENIX – We’re studying extra in regards to the deadly injection drug that can be used subsequent month for an inmate on demise row. Clarence Dixon is about to be executed on Could 11 in what can be Arizona’s first use of the demise penalty in practically eight years.
Earlier this week, Dixon declined to choose a technique of execution when officers requested him whether or not he needed to die by deadly injection or the gasoline chamber. Since he didn’t give a solution, the default is deadly injection.
Dixon was convicted of the 1978 homicide of Arizona State College scholar Deana Bowdoin.
The final time Arizona used the demise penalty and deadly injection was in July 2014 when Joseph Wooden was given 15 doses of a two-drug mixture over two hours. Legal professionals say that execution was botched, however this time, for Dixon, he can be given the only dose pentobarbital drug.
Clarence Dixon (Arizona Division of Corrections)
“We all know that it has been profitable in taking the lives of prisoners. It has been utilized in quite a few executions. The query all the time is the efficiency the purity, is it contaminated? If it isn’t pure, it is nonetheless going to be torturous,” stated Robert Dunham, Govt Director of the Loss of life Penalty Data Middle.
However the drug has a brief shelf life — about 45 days and consultants say it does not all the time work.
“The identical quantity of 1 drug could do what it is presupposed to do with one particular person and never do what it is presupposed to do with one other. That is without doubt one of the inherent points with capital punishment. As a result of prisons set a specific dosage they usually do not range it relying on the burden of the prisoner, the place the prisoner’s medical historical past is,” defined Dunham.
States are discovering it more and more tough to safe deadly injection medication as producers refuse to make them.
MORE: ADCRR says it is ready for executions after acquiring crucial medication
Arizona has discovered the drug from smaller compounded pharmacies that make the medication on web site.
Pentobarbital has many makes use of. In small doses, it may deal with anxiousness and seizures, in addition to assist sufferers chill out earlier than surgical procedure. In greater doses, it is used for veterinary euthanasia and for demise penalty executions.
“In the event that they’ve carried out it correctly, a single dose ought to work and the prisoners ought to turn out to be unconscious comparatively shortly and may die wherever within the vary of six to 10 minutes,” stated Dunham.
Prosecutors imagine the execution will probably be delayed if a decide goes ahead with a listening to to find out whether or not Dixon is mentally match to be put to demise.
Eventually verify, Arizona has 112 prisoners on demise row.
Arizona
3-star offensive lineman Michael Langi commits to Arizona, first pledge of 2026 class
Arizona has been on a tear this month, picking up 13 commitments in June for its 2025 recruiting class after entering with only two. And now it already has one for the following class.
3-star offensive lineman Michael Langi committed to the UA on Tuesday night, giving the Wildcats their first pledge of the 2026 class nearly 18 months before those recruits could officially sign.
he 6-foot-3, 265-pound Langi, who goes by ‘Bobo’ rather than Michael, is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 509 player in the 2026 class. He’s also considered the No. 41 interior offensive lineman in the country and the No. 79 prospect from California.
Langi, who was offered by Arizona in January, picked the Wildcats over offers from ASU, Colorado and Penn State, among others. He is the younger brother of 3-star offensive lineman Peter Langi, a 2025 recruit whom the UA had in for an official visit last weekend.
Both Langis play for Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco, the same school where Arizona recently got a commitment from 3-star offensive lineman Losipini Tupou. They are no relation to Sam Langi, who appeared in 21 games (with four starts) on the offensive line for the Wildcats from 2020-23.
Arizona
Former Baylor pitcher Collin McKinney commits to Arizona baseball
In winning both the Pac-12 regular season and conference tournament titles, Arizona put up some of the best pitching numbers in the country and led the nation in a trio of categories.
The Kevin Vance effect was real, and it’s made the Wildcats a desirable destination for pitchers hoping to improve their pro prospects.
Arizona has landed a second potential weekend starter from the NCAA transfer portal, getting a commitment Tuesday from former Baylor right-hander Collin McKinney.
The 6-foot-5 Texas native comes to Tucson with three years of eligibility, but with a big 2025 season could get drafted. He’s coming off a 2024 campaign as a redshirt freshman (he sat out 2023 due to injury) in which he started 14 games for Baylor and was 3-6 with a 6.70 ERA.
McKinney struck out 60 batters in 49.2 innings but also walked 35 and allowed 11 home runs. He had back-to-back 10-strikeout performances midway through the season but didn’t go more than four innings in any of his final seven starts.
He is Arizona’s second portal pickup, both righties who have started throughout their college career. Last week the Wildcats landed ex-Rutgers RHP Christian Coppola.
Coppola is ranked by 64Analytics as the No. 30 transfer, while McKinney is No. 168. For perspective, none of the players Arizona has lost to the portal was ranked in the top 1,000.
The UA is likely to lose all three weekend starters with righties Clark Candiotti and Cam Walty graduating and lefty Jackson Kent expected to get drafted and start his pro career.
Arizona
Police: Horse in May crash that killed Arizona man was domesticated
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Nevada State Police say the horse involved in a May crash that killed an Arizona man was domesticated.
On May 31, a 2008 Subaru Tribeca with three occupants was driving north of US 395 approaching the Red Rock off-ramp when it hit a horse in the road.
Of the three occupants, one, 19-year-old Wendem Herzog of Queen Creek, Arizona, succumbed to his injuries.
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