JUST IN: The Supreme Court has rejected an Arizona death-row prisoner's appeal, clearing the way for his execution today.
She later identified Hooper in an in-person lineup and testified against him at his trial.Authorities say Hooper and two other men forced their way into the Redmond home on Dec. 31, 1980. The three victims were bound, gagged, robbed and shot in the head.
Two other men, William Bracy and Edward McCall, were convicted in the killings but died before their death sentences could be carried out. Authorities say Robert Cruz, who was alleged to have had ties to organized crime, hired Hooper, Bracy and McCall to kill Pat Redmond, who co-owned a printing business. They said Cruz wanted to take over the business and was unhappy that Redmond had rejected his offers to enter several printing contracts with Las Vegas hotels, according to court records. Cruz was acquitted of murder charges in both deaths in 1995.
Hooper’s lawyers say Marilyn Redmond’s description of the assailants changed several times before she identified their client, who said he was not in Arizona at the time. They also raised questions about the benefits received by witnesses who testified against Hooper, including favorable treatment in other criminal cases.after criticism that a 2014 execution was botched and because it encountered difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs.
Arizona has 111 people on death row, 22 of whom have exhausted their appeals, according to the state attorney general’s office.
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