Leroy Dean McGill, aged 63, is set to be executed on Wednesday at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence for the murder of Charles Perez, who was killed in a brutal attack in July 2002. McGill was convicted after he threw gasoline on Perez and his girlfriend, Nova Banta, lighting them on fire during a confrontation over a stolen gun. While Banta survived with severe injuries, Perez succumbed to his burns later. At trial, Banta testified that McGill warned them against talking behind his back before igniting the flames. The jury convicted McGill of murder and attempted murder in October 2004, with deliberations lasting less than an hour. Despite his lawyers' attempts to argue for leniency based on his troubled childhood and mental health issues, the jury sentenced him to death. This execution is part of a series of three planned executions across the U.S. this week, with McGill being the first. Arizona has resumed executions after a hiatus due to controversies surrounding the administration of lethal injections, with 109 prisoners currently on death row.