Overview
- The sentencing verdict was read Thursday morning, with jurors unanimously imposing death on six first-degree murder counts.
- Jurors did not reach a decision on the remaining two murder counts in the penalty phase.
- A judge said lethal injection is the standard method of execution in Arizona.
- Cooksey was convicted on Sept. 25 of 14 charges tied to a 2017 killing spree in Phoenix and Glendale that included the deaths of his mother and stepfather.
- Prosecutors pursued the death penalty citing ballistic and GPS evidence, while the defense challenged the forensic links and noted the lack of eyewitnesses; non-murder counts were sentenced on Nov. 14.