by - August 5, 2025 3:41 pm
Death row inmates sue to stop new nitrogen method
Ten Arkansas death row inmates filed suit Aug. 5 to block a new law allowing the state to administer the death penalty using nitrogen gas. Act 302, passed this year,…
Tag: death penalty
by - April 11, 2017 5:55 pm
Opponents: Exonerations show death penalty should be banned
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 9, 2017 9:48 am
Poll: Arkansans’ support for death penalty unfazed by upcoming execution schedule
Arkansas voters remain firmly committed to the death penalty despite an upcoming quick execution schedule, advances made in DNA testing, and a national trend towards ending the practice. A new…
by - April 2, 2017 9:47 am
Former Gov. Tucker says state executions ‘very hard’ to carry out
Former Governor Jim Guy Tucker is one of three living Arkansas governors to have carried out a state execution – the other two being Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee. With…
by - March 21, 2017 5:40 pm
Legislators vote against bills limiting, ending death penalty, and blocking death penalty for mentally ill
Less than a month before the state of Arkansas is to begin executing eight men over an 11-day period, legislators Tuesday rejected bills that would prevent executions of mentally ill…
by - March 13, 2017 4:22 pm
State obtains execution drugs, but another deadline looms
The Arkansas Department of Correction has obtained a new supply of potassium chloride and can proceed with eight scheduled executions in April, assuming they happen then. The state’s supply of…
by - July 13, 2016 12:38 pm
Gov. Hutchinson says he will speak in ‘primetime’ at GOP convention next week, talks death penalty
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (July 13) confirmed during a conference call from Europe that GOP and Trump campaign officials have offered him a “primetime slot” to speak at the…
by - May 31, 2016 6:18 pm
Arkansas’ troubled death penalty process
Editor’s note: Justin Allen is a partner with the Little Rock-based law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings. He leads the firm’s governmental relations group. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted…
by - December 3, 2015 3:35 pm
State must reveal execution drug makers by Friday, Judge Griffen rules (Updated)
The Department of Correction must produce the names of the manufacturers of drugs used in executions by noon Friday after Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ruled Thursday (Dec. 3)…
by - October 20, 2015 5:15 pm
Arkansas Supreme Court grants stay of execution for eight inmates
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday (Oct. 20) agreed with Arkansas officials that a lower court was wrong to halt executions, but upheld a stay of executions pending the outcome…
by - October 14, 2015 4:41 pm
Arkansas DHS Director Search Could Go ‘outside the norm’
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said Wednesday (Oct. 14) he’s looking “outside the norm” in finding a replacement for departing Department of Human Services Director John Selig. Speaking to reporters after…
by - October 12, 2015 4:47 pm
Judge: Arkansas must identify death penalty drugs
The Arkansas Department of Correction must identify the manufacturer, seller, distributor and supplier of all lethal injection drugs used in executions by Oct. 21 or otherwise object to the disclosure,…
by - September 9, 2015 3:54 pm
Dates set for executions of 8 inmates on Arkansas’ death row
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) set the execution dates for eight death row inmates after more than a decade-long dearth of lethal injections. Hutchinson was urged to set the dates by…
by - September 1, 2015 4:43 pm
Gov. Hutchinson asked to set execution dates for eight on death row
The execution dates for eight men who are on Arkansas’ death row is one step closer to happening. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sent a letter to Gov. Asa Hutchinson,…
by - August 13, 2015 5:39 pm
Gov. Hutchinson said he is prepared to move on setting execution dates
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (Aug. 13) that he expects to receive a request to set execution dates for one or more death row inmates from Attorney General Leslie Rutledge…
by - June 29, 2015 2:49 pm
U.S. Supreme Court OKs death penalty drugs, states move on execution plans
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court ventured far into the debate about the overall legality of the death penalty in a Monday (June 29) ruling that Oklahoma could continue with…
by - March 19, 2015 10:09 pm
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds lethal injection law, Hutchinson to move forward
The right of the Arkansas Department of Correction to select a chemical used in executions does not violate state law or separation of powers, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday….
by - May 5, 2014 2:02 pm
Gov. Fallin: Remember the victims
Last week, the state of Oklahoma conducted the lawful execution of Clayton Lockett, a man who was convicted of first degree burglary, assault with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, robbery by…