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Eugene

(61,809 posts) Fri Oct 9, 2015, 08:13 PM Oct 2015

Arkansas judge halts scheduled executions of eight inmates

Source: Reuters

An Arkansas judge issued an order on Friday that temporarily blocked the scheduled executions of eight convicted murderers after lawyers for the death row inmates challenged secrecy provisions in the state's lethal injection procedures.

Arkansas, one of the 31 U.S. states with the death penalty, has not carried out an execution since 2005 but had planned to resume capital punishment on Oct. 21 with two executions.

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen took the action after lawyers for the inmates argued on Wednesday that provisions keeping secret the name of the vendors who provide the drugs used in lethal injections violated state law.

The judge issued a temporary restraining order for the executions to further examine the arguments, saying that "this action is Plaintiffs' only legal remedy by which they can challenge the Method of Execution Statute and execution protocol that will effectuate their deaths."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-usa-execution-arkansas-idUSKCN0S32FS20151009

US | Fri Oct 9, 2015 6:00pm EDT
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

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Arkansas judge halts scheduled executions of eight inmates (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2015 OP

It is something, but sadly I'm not so sure the argument will make much of a difference davidpdx Oct 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author BigDemVoter Oct 2015 #2

The last execution in Arkansas was in 2005, during Huckabee's term Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author BigDemVoter Oct 2015 #4

I've met both Bumpers and David Pryor before Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #6

Good for Judge Wendell Griffen. He's also a minister in the other part of his life. Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #5

davidpdx

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1. It is something, but sadly I'm not so sure the argument will make much of a difference

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 10:46 PM

Oct 2015

I think it's a long shot case. I hope I'm wrong.

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Art_from_Ark

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3. The last execution in Arkansas was in 2005, during Huckabee's term

Reply to BigDemVoter (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 02:44 AM

Oct 2015

There were no executions under his successor, Mike Beebe (D). Beebe is sorely missed.

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Art_from_Ark

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6. I've met both Bumpers and David Pryor before

Reply to BigDemVoter (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 06:44 PM

Oct 2015

I met Dale Bumpers at a Jefferson-Jackson Day picnic at Little Flock (north of Rogers) back in the '80s, and I met David Pryor when he came to speak at the Holiday Inn in Springdale in 1988. I was so happy to have both of those men representing my state, and I told David Pryor as much after his speech.

Judi Lynn

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5. Good for Judge Wendell Griffen. He's also a minister in the other part of his life.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 04:12 PM

Oct 2015

It could only help Arkansas to move toward a more civilized approach to human life, away from the raving lunatic, hate-spitting idiots.

Time to take them outta public office and stuff them back into their padded cells.

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