Arizona executes man convicted in 1978 killing of college student

Clarence Dixon died by lethal injection for killing Deana Bowdoin, making him the sixth person to be executed in the US in 2022

An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 was killed by the state on Wednesday after a nearly eight-year hiatus in its use of the death penalty, brought on by an execution critics say was botched and difficulty in finding lethal drugs.

Clarence Dixon, 66, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for his conviction in the killing of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Deana Bowdoin. He was the sixth person to be executed in the US in 2022.