Arizona SB1751 amends the death penalty methods to include firing squad and allows defendants to choose their method of execution.

Arizona SB1751 amends Section 13-757 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to change the methods of capital punishment to include firing squad, lethal injection, or lethal gas. It allows a defendant sentenced to death to choose their method of execution at least twenty days before the execution date, with lethal injection being the default if no choice is made. The bill also specifies that firing squad is the method for defendants who murdered a law enforcement officer while knowing or should have known the officer was acting in their line of duty.

Arizona SB1751 amends the death penalty methods to include firing squad and allows defendants to choose their method of execution.

Arizona SB1751 amends Section 13-757 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to change the methods of capital punishment to include firing squad, lethal injection, or lethal gas. It allows a defendant sentenced to death to choose their method of execution at least twenty days before the execution date, with lethal injection being the default if no choice is made. The bill also specifies that firing squad is the method for defendants who murdered a law enforcement officer while knowing or should have known the officer was acting in their line of duty.