Trying a death-penalty case without a jury is practically unheard of in Arizona https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061523_death_penalty_case/trying-death-penalty-case-without-jury-practically-unheard-arizona/
Lasting eight months, the trial of the so-called Canal Killer was arguably the longest murder trial in recent memory in Maricopa County Superior Court - and it was also remarkably rare in that it was a bench trial, with no jury, simply because the crimes were that horrific.
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