VARNER, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas wrapped up an accelerated executions schedule with a lethal injection that left the condemned inmate lurching and convulsing before he died, prompting calls for investigations and renewed scrutiny of the state’s efforts to put multiple inmates to death on a compressed timeline. Kenneth Williams on Thursday became the fourth convicted […]
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US Judge Temporarily Blocks Marcel Williams, the 2nd Monday Arkansas execution
VARNER, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked Arkansas from executing a second inmate Monday night after attorneys questioned whether the first execution had gone properly. Jack Jones received a lethal injection earlier Monday evening that lasted 14 minutes. The state was set to execute Marcel Williams about an hour later after the U.S. […]
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Arkansas Prepares for 1st Double Execution in US Since 2000
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two Arkansas killers set to die Monday in the nation’s first double execution in more than 16 years acknowledge they’re guilty but fear the lethal injections could subject them to excruciating pain due to their various health problems. Jack Jones and Marcel Williams say their medical conditions — which include […]
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Arkansas Rush: Why the State Wants to Execute So Quickly
The execution of Ledell Lee in Little Rock, Ark., was the latest in an effort by the state to pursue several executions in the span of a couple of weeks. That’s because one of the drugs used for lethal injection is set to expire at the end of April. This undated photo provided by the […]
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Black Man Fails in Effort to Avoid Arkansas Execution
VARNER, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas was able to conduct its first execution in nearly a dozen years despite a flurry of legal challenges that had spared three convicted killers, but courts still could scuttle the remainder the nation’s most ambitious death penalty schedule since capital punishment was restored in 1976. FILE – In this Tuesday, […]
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Arkansas Fails in Attempt to Execute 2 Black Men in 1 Day
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas suffered two more legal setbacks Wednesday in its bid to carry out multiple executions this month when the state Supreme Court spared one prisoner and a judge later ruled that the state can’t use one of its drugs in any of its executions. This combination of undated photos provided […]
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After Barring Rapid Succession Executions, Black Arkansas Judge Participates in Anti-Death Protest
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — After barring Arkansas from executing eight inmates in rapid succession because of a dispute over how it obtained one of its execution drugs, Judge Wendell Griffen went to an anti-death penalty rally, where he made a stir by lying down on a cot and binding himself as though he were […]
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Judge Halts Arkansas Plan to Execute 8 Inmates in 11 Days
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge dealt another blow Saturday to Arkansas’ unprecedented plan to execute eight inmates in an 11-day period, saying the men have the right to challenge a drug protocol that could expose them to “severe pain.” Protesters gather outside the state Capitol building on Friday, April 14, 2017, in […]
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Arkansas Inmates Make Longshot Bid to Avoid Double Execution
VARNER, Ark. (AP) — Two Arkansas inmates scheduled for back-to-back lethal injections next month asked the parole board Friday to spare their lives, a longshot bid as the state prepares for an unprecedented four nights of double executions over a 10-day period. While Texas has executed eight people in a month — twice in 1997 […]
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Arkansas Governor Sets Execution Dates After 10-year gap
Arkansas will resume lethal injections after a 10-year gap starting next month with a double execution, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sept. 9 as he announced execution dates for eight death-row inmates. In this July 25, 2014 file photo, bottles of the sedative midazolam are displayed at a hospital pharmacy in Oklahoma City. The Arkansas Department […]