Katie Hobbs has previously said her administration would not carry out any executions, and she launched a review into the state's handling of the death penalty.
d that the state's laws don't compel the governor to carry out an execution warrant. In March, Hobbs said she had halted executions and her administration wouldn't carry any out until people could be confident the state is not"violating the law in carrying out the gravest of penalties.
The ruling from last month noted its role under state law to"issue a warrant of execution that authorizes the director of the state department of corrections to carry out the execution."
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