Arizona plans to execute more inmates as states wrestle with drug ethics; Charles Perez—public defender/advocate—briefly linked to Tennessee death-penalty debates.
Leroy Dean McGill has been executed by lethal injection in Florence, Arizona, for the July 2002 arson murder of Charles Perez and the attack on his girlfriend Nova Banta. McGill’s last meal included onion rings, bread and butter, chocolate cake and a green salad, and he has told witnesses, “I’m going home soon.” Three more executions are planned this week in Tennessee, Florida.