Dec. 5 execution warrant for Arizona inmate Richard Dale Stokley
Photographer: Getty Images
Copyright Getty Images
Posted: 10/30/2012
-
By: Associated Press
PHOENIX - The Arizona Supreme Court has granted a motion for a warrant of execution for death row inmate Richard Dale Stokley.
The warrant announced Tuesday sets the execution date for Dec. 5.
The 60-year-old Stokley lost an Oct. 1 appeal in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Stokley was convicted in the July 1991 kidnapping, rape and murder of two 13-year-old girls who went missing from a camp-out in Elfrida in southwestern Arizona's Cochise County. Authorities say the girls' bodies were later dumped down a water-filled mineshaft.
Stokley was convicted and sentenced to death in 1992. The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and death sentence in 1995.
Stokley's friend, Randy Brazeal, was convicted of second-degree murder in the killings. He was released from prison last year.
Associated Press
PRINT
Did You Hear?
-
UFO sighting over historic barn in CA?
Did a woman capture photographic evidence of a UFO earlier this month?
-
Memorial Day grilling? 4 tasty veggies
Memorial Day weekend wouldn’t be the same without the backyard grill. The staple of backyard cooking isn’t just for meat either.
-
Amanda Bynes arrested in NYC
Actress Amanda Bynes was charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of an apartment window in New York City.
-
More Central Phoenix News
-
ROUTE: Phoenix PD funeral procession
Officer Daryl Raetz’s funeral procession will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
-
PHOTOS: Comicon invades the Valley
-
Jury foreman sorry about Arias mistrial
-
VIDEO: Comicon invades downtown PHX
-
PD: Ex-city worker tried to molest girl
-
McCain questions DHS over PD death
- LIVE Trends on ABC15.com
