As the federal government resumes executions, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is again calling for the state to do the same.
Echoing a letter he sent him a year ago, Brnovich asked Gov. Doug Ducey for his "assistance in procuring the drugs necessary to resume executions in Arizona."
The state is seeking pentobarbital, which the federal government recently acquired and used Tuesday to execute a death row inmate for the first time in 17 years.
The attorney general cited recent court settlements that would protect the identity of potential suppliers of the drug in his bid for assistance from the governor.
A spokesperson for Ducey said their office had received the letter and they would “continue working with the Department of Corrections to ensure justice is served and that we follow the law.”
According to the Department of Corrections, there are 116 inmates currently on death-row in Arizona.
The Show spoke with Dale Baich, the assistant federal public defender representing death row inmates, and began by asking whether he was surprised by the attorney general’s actions.
