Arkansas executed its first inmate in over 11 years on Thursday after a protracted legal battle that questioned aspects of the use of the death penalty in the United States. Ledell Lee, 51, was pronounced […]
Two court rulings dealt a blow to the US state of Arkansas in its attempt to put to death seven inmates within days. The first, on Wednesday evening, halted the execution due the following day […]
By ANDREW DeMILLO LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A judge who lay on a cot as though he were a death row inmate on a gurney after issuing an order halting Arkansas’ multiple execution plan was […]
The Arkansas’ Supreme Court has halted two executions hours before they were scheduled to take place on Monday. In a 4-3 decision, Arkansas’ highest court stayed the executions of Don Davis and Bruce Ward, who […]
A judge has blocked Arkansas from using one of three lethal injection drugs the US state planned to use in a series of executions next week. The Supreme Court of Arkansas has also granted an […]
Despite finding that Arkansas’ expedited clemency process was “beyond imperfect,” a federal judge ruled Thursday that most of the eight executions scheduled this month can proceed as planned. U.S. District Court Judge D.P. Marshall did […]
It’s been 11 years since the last execution in Arkansas took place. Now they’re about to make history by expediting the deaths of 8 men over a period of 10 days, a rate never seen […]
In a 5-2 ruling Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court justices denied a petition to rehear a ruling blocking the state from counting any votes cast for medical marijuana Issue 7. The court ruled last week […]
Arkansas’ top court disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot. The court cited problems with signatures gathered by canvassers in its ruling that said supporters didn’t comply with laws regarding registration and reporting […]
A former Arkansas judge accused of inappropriate sexual relationships with defendants was indicted on Monday on federal fraud and bribery charges. Dozens of the defendants have accused former judge Joseph Boeckmann of sexual abuse and misconduct. […]
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