Richard Djerf, who killed a family of four more than 30 years ago, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. on Oct. 17 in a prison facility in Florence.

He is the second person to be executed by Arizona in 2025. In March, Aaron Gunches was the first to be put to death by the state since 2022. Officials hit pause on the death penalty that year after executioners had trouble inserting IVs into three successive condemned men .

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