Arizona executes Richard Djerf for 1993 family murders
Richard Djerf was executed in Arizona for the 1993 murders of a Phoenix family, which he committed in revenge for theft. His execution was the second in Arizona this year, following a lengthy review of lethal injection protocols, and is part of a broader national context of ongoing capital punishment practices. Djerf declined to make a last statement, and the execution process faced some technical challenges but was completed without incident.