- Leroy Dean McGill, a 63-year-old Arizona prisoner, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence, marking the first of three executions planned across the United States this week.
- McGill was convicted of the July 2002 murder of Charles Perez and the attempted murder of Nova Banta, whom he doused with gasoline and set on fire after they accused him of stealing a gun.
- During his October 2004 trial, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before convicting McGill of murder, attempted murder, arson, and endangerment, ultimately imposing the death sentence despite his legal team presenting evidence of childhood abuse and mental impairment.
- McGill's recent legal efforts to secure resentencing were rejected by a lower-court judge and the Arizona Supreme Court, and he waived his right to seek clemency, clearing the way for his execution.
- Arizona's current execution protocol involves administering two syringes of the sedative pentobarbital, and the state, which last applied the death penalty in 2025, currently has 109 prisoners on death row.
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Murderer who set couple ablaze set to die by lethal injection in Arizona
