Jan Brewer Overhauls Clemency Board In Busy Execution Year

Brewer Overhauls Clemency Board In Height Of Big Execution Year
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Gov. Jan Brewer has overhauled Arizona’s five-member board that often is the last chance for death-row inmates to seek mercy, a move that comes with the state on pace for one of its busiest years for executions.

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