Arthur Ross was executed by the State of Arizona for the murder of James Ruble
According to court documents Arthur Ross would call James Ruble on the phone asking for a meeting. Ross would go over to James Ruble real estate office where he would fatally shoot him before robbing him
Arthur Ross would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Arthur Ross would be executed by lethal injection on April 29 1998
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Arthur Ross Case
Convicted murderer Arthur Martin Ross was put to death by lethal injection at 12:03 a.m. (3:03 a.m. EDT) in the death house at the state prison complex southeast of Phoenix. The fatal dose killed the 43-year-old three minutes later, officials said.
Witnesses reported that Ross had no last words and seemed ready to accept his fate.
State officials said Ross could have lived at least three more years had he not declined to pursue his available appeals. A state panel decided against clemency Friday.
Ross, called a career criminal by prosecutors, was sentenced to die in 1991 after killing and robbing a 26-year-old Tucson, Arizona, real estate agent.
Ross is the 11th person to be executed in Arizona since the state resumed capital punishment following a 29-year absence. He is the second person in a week to be put to death.
Last Wednesday, a Honduran national died by lethal injection after last-minute efforts by that country’s president and the Vatican failed. Jose Roberto Villafuerte, 45, was executed for the 1983 slaying of his girlfriend in a move that sparked anti-American protests in Honduras.
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