Read legal opinion: Judge allows challenge of Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol to go to trial
Published on August 16, 2021 (last modifed on August 16, 2021)
Newsweek article: Oklahoma Death Row Case to Go to Trial After Botched Executions
Published on August 16, 2021 (last modifed on August 16, 2021)
Arizona updates the protocol for carrying out executions by lethal gas, read protocol
Published on May 28, 2021 (last modifed on May 28, 2021)
Read eyewitness accounts of the Arizona execution by lethal gas of Donald Harding in 1992
Published on May 28, 2021 (last modifed on May 28, 2021)
Arizona gives notice of its intent to move for a warrant of execution for Clarence Wayne Dixon
Published on April 23, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)
Clarence Wayne Dixon’s counsel responds to Arizona’s Motion to Set Briefing Schedule for Motion for Warrant of Execution
Published on April 23, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)
Arizona CHU’s Dale Baich Attorney Statement Re: Revelation of Arizona Spending $1.5 Million on Execution Drugs
Published on April 23, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)
Los Angeles Times Opinion: Arizona’s attorney general wants to finish his term with a rush of executions
Published on April 22, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)
AZcentral Opinion: Is it not crazy to execute a mentally ill killer?
Published on April 22, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)
Arizona Opts in to Expedited Habeas Proceedings
Published on April 21, 2021 (last modifed on October 15, 2021)

One of CHU’s primary responsibilities is representing Arizona capital defendants in federal habeas corpus proceedings. Habeas corpus allows defendants to challenge a conviction or sentence when it violates the United States Constitution.

The Fight for Humane Executions in Oklahoma
Published on April 21, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)

In ongoing litigation, attorneys from the CHU have partnered with the CHU in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Oklahoma to challenge Oklahoma's execution protocol. The litigation reached the United States Supreme Court in April 2015.

Arizona's Federal Public Defender, Jon Sands, and others ask Biden to clear death row
Published on April 21, 2021 (last modifed on April 26, 2021)