Death penalty ruling in case against immigrant appealed

PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors have asked an Arizona appeals court to let them pursue the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a convenience store clerk.
A judge previously ruled prosecutors can’t longer seek the death penalty against Apolinar Altamirano because he’s intellectually disabled.
In the appeal, prosecutors asked the Court of Appeals to reinstate their effort to seek the death penalty in Grant Ronnebeck’s killi