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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows Clarence Dixon. A judge ruled Tuesday, May 3, 2022, that an Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1978 killing of a university student is mentally fit to be put to death next week. Dixon was convicted of murder in the killing of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Deana Bowdoin. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)

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CORRECTS YEAR OF KILLING TO 1978, NOT 1978 - FILE - This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows Clarence Dixon, who was sentenced to death in the 1978 killing of Deana Bowdoin, a 21-year-old Arizona State University student, in Maricopa County, Ariz. On Monday, April 18, 2022, a judge in Phoenix rejected a bid by Dixon's lawyer to call off his upcoming clemency hearing. Dixon's execution is scheduled for May 11, 2022. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)

Arizona death-row prisoner won’t be executed in gas chamber

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