Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after more than a decade of issues.

PHOENIX — The state is set to conduct an execution next month, its first in two years. In an order late Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court said neither Attorney General Kris Mayes nor convicted killer Aaron Gunches raised any legal issues to preclude his being put to death on March 19.

The state is set to conduct its first execution in two years next month. In an order late Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court said neither Attorney General Kris Mayes nor Aaron Gunches raised any legal issues to preclude his being put to death on March 19.

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men.

The court issued an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting death of Ted Price, his girlfriend’s ex-husband, near the Phoenix suburb of Mesa