Arizona Supreme Court rejects bid to reschedule execution

Ross D. Franklin / AP, file Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, middle, is flanked behind by Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Glendale, left, and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, right, at Hobbs’ state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023. On Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, Hobbs ordered a review of the procurement process for lethal injection drugs and other death penalty protocols due to the state’s history of mismanaging executions. By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Wednesday, April 5, 2023 | 6:48 p.m. PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court declined Wednesday to reschedule…