Tag: Arkansas executions

State officials ‘working closely’ on execution dates

While no time estimate was provided on when executions may continue in Arkansas, the office of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said it is working with Gov. Asa Hutchinson and…

Arkansas Supreme Court halts Nov. 9 execution of death row inmate Jack Greene (Updated)

The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday (Nov. 7) to grant a stay for the planned execution of death row inmate Jack Greene. Attorneys for Greene, who was set to…

Arkansas’ 5th execution in 2017 still on schedule for Nov. 9

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday (Nov. 3) that the planned execution of Arkansas death row inmate Jack Greene is on schedule for next week, despite concerns the prisoner is mentally…

Gov. Hutchinson sets Jack Greene’s execution date for Nov. 9

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Aug. 25) set the date for the state Department of Corrections to execute death-row inmate Jack Greene on Nov. 9, 2017, opening the door for…

Gov. Hutchinson asked to set execution date for death-row inmate Jack Greene, state gets new supply of lethal injection drug

Now that the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) has a necessary supply of the lethal injection drugs, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Thursday (Aug. 18) sent a letter to Gov….

In defense of Goldilocks

If the old fairy tale character Goldilocks were a candidate for political office, it’s fair to assume she’d be considered moderate. Of course, she’d be criticized on social media by…

AG Rutledge says mid-May the earliest that new Arkansas execution schedule could be set in motion

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, R-Ark., said the earliest Arkansas could see a restart of the execution process is in mid-May when a stay of execution for Jason McGehee will expire….

Senate President Dismang shares thoughts on healthcare, taxes and executions

Senate President Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said he thinks it’s premature to investigate circumstances surrounding state prison officials’ acquisition of lethal injection drugs. The state Senate’s leader also said this week’s…

Federal judge orders preservation of evidence from body of executed Arkansas inmate

U.S. District Court Judge Kristine Baker has ordered the state to collect blood and sample tissues from and conduct an autopsy on the body of Kenneth Williams, the death row…

Governor addresses special session, budget shortfall; says independent execution investigation unwarranted

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (April 29) said he will limit next week’s special session primarily to items involving health care and he announced plans to cut the fiscal year…

Fourth Arkansas inmate executed in seven days, attorneys call for review of final execution after convulsions witnessed

At 11:05 p.m. on Thursday night, Kenneth B. Williams became the fourth Arkansas death-row inmate to die by lethal injection at the hands of the state in the period of…

Kenneth Williams executed, fourth Arkansas inmate to die in April by lethal injection

Pleas for mercy from the family of one of his victims to Gov. Asa Hutchinson wasn’t enough to stop Thursday’s (April 27) execution of death row inmate Kenneth Williams. The…

EU Ambassador asks Arkansas to halt tomorrow’s execution, says inmate is ‘intellectually disabled’

The European Union’s ambassador to the U.S. has forwarded a letter to Gov. Asa Hutchinson from the 28-member state alliance asking him to halt the execution of Kenneth Williams on…

TB&P Daily: John Brummett on Arkansas executions and playing tennis at the White House with Jay Dickey

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette political columnist takes his weekly turn at the Talk Business & Politics roundtable to discuss Arkansas’ recent execution drama as well as what it was like to cover…

Change for setting Arkansas execution dates could come in special legislative session

On April 21, Ledell Lee’s execution began at 11:44 p.m. when the first drops of the sedative medazolam entered his veins. It ended 12 minutes later, four minutes before midnight….

Oklahoma commission recommends moratorium on death penalty as Arkansas plans next execution

One day after Arkansas’ Cummins Unit prison facility was the site of the nation’s first double execution in 17 years, a commission in Oklahoma is recommending a moratorium on the…

Governor’s office: ‘Justice was carried out tonight’

Arkansas reportedly became the first state since 2000 to execute two death row inmates on the same day Monday night at the Cummins Unit on the Arkansas Department of Correction…

Journalist covering Arkansas execution wonders, ‘There has to be a better way of doing this’

When journalist Jaide Garcia arrived at the Cummins Unit around 3 p.m. on Thursday, it was hot and sticky. Inside the prison at that same time, convicted killer Ledell Lee…

Arkansas executes first death row inmate since 2005; Ledell Lee executed shortly before midnight

Convicted killer Ledell Lee didn’t utter a single word moments before a lethal drug cocktail was injected into his body Thursday night inside Arkansas’ Death Row chamber in Varner. Lee,…

Death row inmate Ledell Lee likely to be executed, Stacey Johnson’s execution will not happen (Updated)

Editor’s note: Story updated to reflect the news that inmate Stacey Johnson’s stay of execution has been upheld and will not be appealed, and that attorneys for Ledell Lee filed…