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\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nThe Supreme Court agreed<\/a> with McCauley that errors were made during the jury selection process, but the justices determined<\/a> the issues were not prejudicial against the defendant.<\/p>\n A jury found McCauley guilty of first-degree murder in December 2019. A month later, he was sentenced to death due to the heinous nature of the crime.<\/p>\n Why did an Arizona jury sentence Edward McCauley to death<\/p>\n McCauley waited outside 45-year-old Dawn McCauley\u2019s home and fired eight shots into her vehicle as she was leaving for work the night of Nov. 24, 2014.<\/p>\n RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n Immediately afterward, he sent profanity-laced text messages to members of the victim\u2019s family, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n He was located and arrested at a West Valley restaurant the day after the murder.<\/p>\n McCauley is one of 109 inmates on Arizona\u2019s death row<\/a>. The state is planning to carry out its first death sentence of 2026 next week. Leroy Dean McGill is scheduled to be executed<\/a> Wednesday for burning a man to death in 2002.<\/p>\n Follow @kstonezone<\/a><\/p>\n We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team here<\/a>.<\/p>\n