Court won't hear arguments for Arizona death row inmate Frank Atwood
The request on behalf of Frank Atwood, convicted in the killing of Vicki Hoskinson, was denied Friday by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Frank Atwood: Arizona executes death-row inmate who killed girl in 1984
Frank Atwood, 66, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for his murder conviction in the killing of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, whose body was found in the desert, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement.
Frank Atwood: Here's what you need to know, as Arizona is scheduled to execute another murder convict
Unless a court acts, Frank Atwood is set to become the second person to be executed by Arizona officials, following an execution in 2014 that some say was botched. Here's what you should know about the man who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering a child in the 80s.
Arizona plans to seek warrants for first death row executions in 7 years
Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office intend to file execution warrants for condemned men Clarence Dixon and Frank Atwood.
Projected execution dates halted for 2 Arizona inmates
Prosecutors now will have to do more testing of the state’s lethal injection drug before seeking execution warrants for Clarence Dixon and Frank Atwood.
Frank Atwood: Arizona man sentenced to death for killing girl will be executed via lethal injection
An Arizona prisoner is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in less than three weeks for killing an 8-year-old girl, marking the second condemned man to decline lethal gas since the state refurbished its gas chamber — a method of execution that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in more than 20 years.
Ruby Franke sentenced to prison in child abuse case
Ruby Franke was sentenced on Tuesday after she and her business partner admitted to physically and emotionally abusing Franke’s children.
