Arizona Prisoner Set to Be Executed Next Week Passes up Chance to Ask for Reprieve

Arizona Prisoner Set to Be Executed Next Week Passes up Chance to Ask for Reprieve
Aaron Brian Gunches in an undated photo. Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP
The Associated Press
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PHOENIX—A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years has passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death sentence.

Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, did not participate in a hearing Monday before the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency, which noted on the record that he has waived his right to ask for a sentence commutation or a reprieve. There was no public comment during the minutes-long hearing.