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Arizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people

State prison vehicles are shown at the main entrance to the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence, in Florence, Ariz., on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, shortly after prisoner Murray Hooper was executed in the facility's death chamber for the murders of a man and woman in 1980. The execution was the third of the year at the prison. (AP Photo/Bob Christie) The main entrance to the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence shown, in Florence, Ariz., on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, shortly after prisoner Murray Hooper was executed in the facility's death chamber for the murders of a man and woman in 1980. The execution was the third of the year at the prison. (AP Photo/Bob Christie) FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Murray Hooper. Hooper is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 16, 2022, for his convictions in the 1980 killings of Pat Redmond and his mother-in-law, Helen Phelps, in Phoenix. On Monday, Nov. 14 a federal judge denied Hooper's bid to postpone the execution. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File) FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Murray Hooper. Hooper is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 16, 2022, for his convictions in the 1980 killings of Pat Redmond and his mother-in-law, Helen Phelps, in Phoenix. On Monday, Nov. 14 a federal judge denied Hooper's bid to postpone the execution. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)
Arizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people