July 26
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas AG's office argues death penalty
An assistant Arkansas attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to
overturn a lower court ruling that the state's death penalty law is
unconstitutional.
Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Merritt said in a brief filed Friday that
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen was incorrect in his February
ruling that the law violates the separation of powers. Griffen ruled that the
Legislature gave too much authority to the Correction Department when it
designated the agency director as the person who picks the drug for lethal
injections.
Attorney Jeff Rosenzweig - who represented the death row inmates who challenged
the law - told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1AjNGwB ) that he
had not read the brief but said "an appropriate response will be filed."
No one has been executed in Arkansas since 2005.
(source: Associated Press)
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