August 27
ARKANSAS:
Priest who cared for inmates remembered in prison MassVincentian priest
served 9 years in Southeast Arkansas
On a Tuesday afternoon in the chapel that Vincentian Father Louis J. Franz
helped found at Tucker Maximum Security Unit in Jefferson County, Bishop
April 27
ARKANSASexecution
Convicted murderer executed; state puts 4th inmate to death in 8 days
Witnesses describe execution; inmate was 'striving for breath,' AP editor says
3 minutes after his lethal injection began, Arkansas inmate Kenneth Williams
began coughing, convulsing
April 27
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas execution delayed as U.S. Supreme Court hears appeals
A plan by Arkansas to execute an inmate was delayed on Thursday as the U.S.
Supreme Court heard last-minute appeals from the man convicted of murdering a
cheerleader, who then escaped from prison and
April 26
ARKANSASimpending execution
Victim's family asks for state of Arkansas to spare murderer's life
The family of a man from the Ozarks who was killed by an escaped murderer
almost 2 decades ago said they do not want his killer to be executed.
"I believe justice has already
April 24
ARKANSASexecution (#2)
Arkansas death row inmate Marcel Williams executed
Marcel Williams was the second death row inmate to be executed by the state of
Arkansas Monday night.
Williams was put to death by way of lethal injection. The drugs were
administered at 10:16
April 24
ARKANSASexecution
Arkansas death row inmate Jack Jones executed
Jack Harold Jones was put to death by the state of Arkansas Monday night by way
of lethal injection.
Authorities began administering the execution drugs at 7:06 p.m. and Jones was
pronounced dead at 7:20
April 24
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas Supreme Court rejects death row stays
The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected requests for stays of execution from
two inmates set to die in the nation's first double execution since 2000.
Jack Jones Jr. and Marcel Williams had asked the state's highest
April 20
ARKANSASexecution
Arkansas executes death-row inmate Ledell Lee
After a series of challenges to the U.S. Supreme Court failed, Ledell Lee was
put to death by lethal injection Thursday night in the 1st execution in
Arkansas since 2005.
Lee, who was sentenced to death
April 20
ARKANSASimpending execution
Supreme Court denies stay, more appeals possible
A divided Supreme Court has rejected appeals that would have put off the
execution of Arkansas inmate Ledell Lee.
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More appeals to the high court were possible Thursday night.
The
April 20
ARKANSASimpending execution
Arkansas poised to carry out first execution since 2005
Arkansas was poised Thursday to carry out its first execution since 2005 after
officials scrapped the third of eight lethal injections that had been planned
before the end of the month
April 19
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas Supreme Court halts 1 death-row inmate's execution
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday night halted the execution of Stacey
Johnson, which was scheduled for Thursday.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted one of two executions set for Thursday,
saying
April 17
ARKANSASstay of 2 impending executions
Split Arkansas court blocks 2 executions
A divided Arkansas Supreme Court granted stays of executions for 2
Arkansas inmates while the U.S. Supreme Court takes up a separate case next
week concerning access to independent mental
ARKANSAS:
Urgent Action
LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN SPOTLIGHT AS EXECUTION SET
Ledell Lee, aged 51, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 20 April for a murder
committed in 1993.
There have been serious concerns about his legal representation.
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or
Urgent Action
EXECUTION SET FOR CRIME COMMITTED AT AGE 20
Kenneth Williams, aged 38, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 27 April for a
murder committed
during a prison escape in 1999. Twenty years old at the time, he asserts he is
not the same person
he was then, and can contribute to
March 29
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas Faces Lawsuits Over Plan To Kill 8 Men In 10 DaysOne expert called
the state's death penalty plans "mind-boggling."
Arkansas' plan to execute 8 death-row prisoners within 10 days next month has
been attacked as cruel and unusual in 2 federal lawsuits.
Urgent Action
FAIR TRIAL CONCERN REVISITED AS EXECUTION LOOMS
Stacey Johnson, aged 47, is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 20 April
for a 1993 murder.
Three state Supreme Court Justices argued that he was deprived of a fair trial
by being denied
access to information regarding the
Urgent Action
EXECUTION SET DESPITE DIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Bruce Ward is scheduled to be executed in Arkansas on 17 April. He has been
diagnosed with paranoid
schizophrenia. In custody since 1989, he has been on death row for nearly 25
years. Thirty-two years
old at the time of the
Urgent Action: Clemency Board To Hear What Jury Never Did (USA: UA 60/17)
Urgent Action
CLEMENCY BOARD TO HEAR WHAT JURY NEVER DID
Marcel Williams, aged 46, is due to be executed in Arkansas on 24 April. The
jury never heard any
mitigating evidence about his childhood of severe abuse
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
Jan. 16
ARKANSAS:
Beebe: Would sign death-penalty repeal
Gov. Mike Beebe says he would sign a bill to repeal the death penalty in
Arkansas if the legislature sent it to him.
Beebe was asked about a hypothetical bill banning capital punishment during a
Wednesday meeting of the
Nov. 28
ARKANSAS:
Anchor murder suspect could face death penalty
Officials say forensic evidence gathered at the home of Anne Pressly led
police to a man already suspected of raping a school teacher in eastern
Arkansas.
Police say 28-year-old Curtis Lavelle Vance of Marianna offered a
Oct. 11
ARKANSAS:
Marcyniuk Asks Judge To Toss Death Penalty
A West Fork man charged with killing University of Arkansas student Katie
Wood is asking the judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional.
Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk, 29, is charged with capital murder and accused
of
Oct. 24
ARKANSASfederal death penalty to be sought
DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT IN SLAYING
Federal prosecutors said Friday they would seek the death penalty for one
of 3 men charged in a 2003 homicide at Pine Bluff.
Vertis Clay, also known as Sinister Wayz, of Little Rock, was accused of
the
Sept. 23
ARKANSASimpending volunteer execution
Stay Filing Says Killer Innocent
A motion asking for a stay of execution has been filed on behalf of
condemned killer Rickey Dale Newman, who is scheduled to die by lethal
injection Tuesday.
Jennifer Horan, a federal public defender,
Sept. 29
ARKANSAS:
High court wants issues addressed in death-row case
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered attorneys who fought
successfully to stop, at least temporarily, the execution of Rickey Dale
Newman to explain why and how justices should consider newly raised claims
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