by - April 20, 2017 5:40 pm
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…
by - April 19, 2017 9:20 pm
After the highly-publicized pair of executions for death-row inmates Don Davis and Bruce Ward were called off Monday, the subsequent death sentences scheduled for two other condemned prison inmates scheduled…
by - April 18, 2017 8:41 pm
As the second round of executions scheduled for Arkansas death-row inmates enters the last 48 hours, the two prisoners condemned to die on Thursday have filed a flurry of motions…
by - April 18, 2017 5:01 pm
McKesson Medical-Surgical has filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court alleging that Arkansas officials improperly acquired drugs from the company, planned to use them in executions and failed to…
by - April 18, 2017 12:02 am
“The application to vacate the stay of execution of sentence of death entered by the Arkansas Supreme Court on April 17, 2017, presented to Justice Alito and by him referred…
by - April 17, 2017 4:22 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with comment from an attorney for the inmates. –––––––––––––––– There will be no death penalty by lethal injection on Monday (April 17) unless the U.S. Supreme…
by - April 16, 2017 9:06 am
On Saturday, a flurry of legal maneuvers altered Arkansas’ execution schedule for seven inmates, but more filings and rulings are expected that could maintain, delay or end the death row…
by - April 14, 2017 6:02 pm
One of the seven planned executions of Arkansas death row inmates was halted by the Arkansas Supreme Court, which gave no reason for granting the emergency stay. U.S. District Court…
by - April 13, 2017 12:26 pm
Editor’s note: This story replaces the original shorter story. ––––––––––––––––––––– One day after visiting the execution chamber at the Varner Supermax prison, Gov. Asa Hutchinson expressed confidence that the state’s…
by - April 13, 2017 11:48 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories of Arkansas murder cases involving eight of the men originally set for execution. The information was gleaned from court documents, police…
by - April 12, 2017 12:49 pm
Editor’s note: The following is the first of two stories about Arkansas murder cases involving eight of the men originally set for execution. The information was gleaned from court documents,…
by - April 11, 2017 5:55 pm
Since 1973, 157 individuals occupying death rows across the country have been exonerated and set free, and that doesn’t include Arkansas’ most famous former Death Row inmate, Damien Echols. The…
by - April 6, 2017 12:02 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with several changes and additions. ––––––––––––––––– U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall on Thursday (April 6) granted an execution injunction request for Arkansas death row inmate…
