LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Black Arkansas judge who was barred from considering any execution-related cases after blocking the use of a lethal injection drug and participating in an anti-death penalty demonstration is suing the state’s highest court, saying justices violated his constitutional rights. Judge Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, center, speaks at […]
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Black Arkansas Judge Barred from Hearing Death Penalty Cases Following Anti-Death Protest
The Honorable Wendell L. Griffen is an Arkansas lawyer, jurist, legal educator, ordained Baptist minister, business leader and public speaker. Judge Wendell L. Griffen, of the Sixth Judicial District, Fifth Division in Arkansas Griffen was born in Prescott, Ark., and later attended the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he received the Juris Doctor […]
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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 […]