A man convicted of burning a Phoenix resident to death in a horrific 2002 apartment attack was executed Wednesday in

Leroy Dean McGill was executed by the state of Arizona on Wednesday for the 2002 murder of Charles Perez, who was set on fire inside a Phoenix apartment.

Convicted murderer Leroy Dean McGill was born into a life of hardship and cruelty. It's scheduled to end by lethal injection May 20 in Arizona.

From the first execution in the state this year, to an Arizona court deciding who gets a nearly $13M jackpot prize, here's a look at your top headlines for the morning of May 20.

Leroy Dean McGill, an Arizona prisoner convicted of a horrific murder involving gasoline and fire, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. The 63-year-old’s death sentence marks the first of three executions planned across the United States this week.