Aaron Gunches, who resigned from legal efforts to stop his execution, was sentenced to death for the homicide in 2002 of Ted Price, The ex -husband of his girlfriend.
“Finally justice was done for Ted Price and his family“, The Attorney General of Arizona, Kris Mayes, told journalists, After execution in a state prison In Florence County.
Witnesses of the media said that Gunches was put on a stretcher in the House of Executions in which his arms and legs They were immobilized with fasteners.
Asking him if he had some last words, Gunches only moved his head to say no. He was the first prisoner in be executed in Arizona since November 2022.
Aaron Gunches Was Executed by the State of Arizona Today, The State’s First Execution in Nearly Two Years. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. #Deathpenalth #Stopexecutions pic.twitter.com/ue6kva8nbr
– Amnesty International USA (@amnestyusa) March 19, 2025