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    I know, I agree. I am amazed at some of the horrific, and brutal murders committed by these freaks. Rape, torture, and slow agonizing deaths with incomprehensible fear on behalf of the victims. But it's always the same nonsense from most of these animals and their thug-hugging pals. Oh my, a lethal injection is cruel and might hurt. I am so sick of it. But this is apparently the messed up bunny-hole we now find ourselves in. I would gladly spend the rest of my life in prison, if someone hurt one of my children, and I could extract justice on my terms.

    I can't imagine the pain these victims' families have to endure for so long.
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    With new lethal injection law in place, Arkansas AG wants execution stays lifted for 6 inmates

    The Arkansas attorney general's office has filed a motion to lift stays of execution in place for six death-row inmates who have challenged the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection law.

    The motion, filed last week in the Arkansas Supreme Court, wants stays lifted for Jack Jones, Marcel Williams, Jason McGhee, Don Davis, Bruce Ward and Stacey Johnson. The inmates have all exhausted their appeals.

    Last year, the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's execution law. The Legislature enacted a new death penalty law last month.

    The new law spells out in greater detail the procedures the state must follow in carrying out executions. It says the state must use a lethal dose of a barbiturate, but leaves it up to Department of Correction to determine which one.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...nalty-Arkansas
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    Jones, Williams, McGehee, Davis, Ward, and Johnson v Hobbs

    Opinion Date: April 11, 2013

    Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

    In Hobbs v. Jones, Petitioners challenged Arkansas's method-of-execution statute (the statute). Prior to submission, Petitioners filed renewed motions for stays of execution during the pendency of their appeal, which the Supreme Court granted. In Hobbs, the Court held that the statute violated the Arkansas Constitution's separation-of-powers doctrine. The mandate issued on July 11, 2012. The General Assembly subsequently enacted Act 139 or 2013, which amended the statute. On March 8, 2013, the Arkansas Department of Correction and its director (collectively, Respondents) filed a motion to lift the stays of execution. On March 18, 2013, Petitioners opposed lifting the stays and filed a motion to take the matter as a case, claiming that the Court must now determine whether Act 139 passed constitutional muster. The Supreme Court (1) declared moot Respondents' motion to lift the stays of execution, as the stays of execution dissolved upon the issuance of the Court's mandate on July 11, 2012; and (2) denied Petitioners' request to take the matter as a case, as the Court did not have original jurisdiction of the matter.
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    McDaniel seeks executions for 7 felons

    Arkansas' attorney general is asking the state's governor to set execution dates for seven death-row inmates.

    Attorney General Dustin McDaniel sent seven letters to Gov. Mike Beebe late Thursday requesting that execution dates be set for Don Davis, Stacey Johnson, Jack Jones, Jason McGehee, Bruce Ward, Kenneth Williams and Marcel Williams.

    McDaniel noted in the letters that six of the seven inmates — all but Davis — are challenging the state's new lethal injection law. Arkansas is changing the drugs it uses to put inmates to death.

    Despite the challenge, McDaniel said there aren't any court orders in place preventing the executions.

    Arkansas currently doesn't have any pending executions. The state last executed an inmate in 2005.

    http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2...ions-7-felons/

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    BRUCE EARL WARD vs THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

    Opinion Date: February 26, 2015

    Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

    Petitioner was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. After the Supreme Court twice reversed Petitioner’s sentence, a third jury again sentenced Petitioner to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the sentence on appeal. Petitioner subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.5. The circuit court denied the petition after a hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed in Ward IV. Petitioner then moved the Supreme Court to recall the mandate in Ward IV, identifying three issues that he suggested amounted to a defect or breakdown in the appellate process sufficient to justify recalling the mandate. The Supreme Court denied the motion, holding that Petitioner failed to establish a defect or breakdown in the appellate process sufficient to support recalling the postconviction appeal mandate.
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    On August 25, 2015, Ward filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...ts/ca8/15-2863

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    Arkansas Governor Asked to Set Execution Dates for 8 Inmates

    Arkansas attorney general has asked Gov. Asa Hutchinson to set execution dates for eight death row inmates in what would be the state's first executions in a decade.

    A spokesman for Attorney General Leslie Rutledge confirmed Tuesday that the request was made. A spokesman for Hutchinson said the governor did not have an immediate timeline for when he would set the dates.

    The Arkansas Department of Correction purchased enough of the three-drug combination used in the state's new execution protocol in late July to perform the executions. A state law passed this year lets the department buy the drugs secretly, as in other states.

    According to an invoice in which the name of the supplier is blacked out, the department paid $24,226 for the three drugs needed for lethal injections, including the sedative midazolam.

    Midazolam was implicated after executions last year in Arizona, Ohio and Oklahoma went on longer than expected, with inmates gasping and groaning as they died. The U.S. Supreme Court in June approved continued use of the drug, rejecting a challenge from three Oklahoma inmates now set to be put to death in September and October.

    Rutledge's spokesman Judd Deere said there were eight letters sent, one each for inmates Bruce Earl Ward, Don William Davis, Jack Jones, Jason McGehee, Kenneth Williams, Marcel Williams, Stacey Johnson and Terrick Nooner.

    The eight men have exhausted their court appeals for their criminal convictions, but the inmates filed a joint lawsuit in April when the law was passed allowing the state to keep the manufacturer of the drugs a secret.

    Attorney Jeff Rosenzweig, who represents the eight inmates, said Tuesday he plans to "file the appropriate pleadings in the appropriate courts to delay any execution date that the governor might set."

    Arkansas has not executed an inmate since 2005 because the state's execution law had been challenged in court.

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/a...mates-33459361
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    Arkansas Governor Sets Execution Dates After 10-Year Gap

    Arkansas will resume lethal injections after a 10-year gap with a double execution next month, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday as he announced execution dates for eight death-row inmates.

    Arkansas hasn't executed an inmate since 2005, largely because of court challenges to the state's lethal injection law and a nationwide shortage of drugs that Arkansas has used during executions.

    But last week, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sent letters to the governor requesting that execution dates be set. Rutledge said the inmates' appeals had been exhausted, and the state Department of Correction said it had enough doses of its lethal-injection drugs to perform the executions.

    Hutchinson set four dates through January, meaning two men are scheduled to be executed on each date. But he acknowledged that challenges are likely.

    "Quite frankly I would expect continued litigation in it, but it's my understanding that all of the appeals have been exhausted and that there is a finality in the judgment and that is the reason the Attorney General has asked for those dates to be set," Hutchinson said.

    One pending lawsuit challenges a new state law that allows the Correction Department not to disclose how it obtains its execution drugs. Attorney Jeff Rosenzweig, who is representing the eight inmates in the lawsuit, said he and other lawyers are working on filing motions to delay the executions.

    "We think the lethal injection lawsuit presents serious issues that need to be resolved first before any executions can take place," he said Wednesday.

    Federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have rejected similar arguments used by inmates in Missouri, Texas and other states that also allow prisons to keep their drug suppliers' names secret.

    The first two executions are scheduled Oct. 21 for death-row inmates Bruce Earl Ward and Don William Davis.

    Ward, a former perfume salesman, was convicted in the 1989 killing of 18-year-old Rebecca Doss, whose body was found in the men's bathroom of the convenience store where she worked. Davis, who had an execution date set in 2006 that was later stayed, was sentenced to death for the 1990 killing of Jane Daniels in northwest Arkansas.

    The other execution dates are set for Nov. 3, Dec. 14 and Jan. 14.

    Arkansas has executed 27 people since the U.S. Supreme Court reauthorized the death penalty in 1976, though none since Eric Nance was put to death in 2005 for the killing of 18-year-old Julie Heath of Malvern.

    Arkansas's execution protocol calls for a three-drug process. The Department of Correction said that as of July 1, it had enough of the drugs, including midazolam, to perform the executions.

    Midazolam was implicated after executions last year in Arizona, Ohio and Oklahoma went longer than expected, with inmates gasping and groaning as they died. The U.S. Supreme Court approved continued use of the drug in June, rejecting a challenge from three Oklahoma death-row inmates.

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/a...r-gap-33637772
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    Neither of 2 to die apply for clemency

    Neither of the two death-row inmates scheduled for execution in October requested clemency before the Monday deadline, said state Parole Board administrator Solomon Graves.

    Bruce Ward and Don Davis -- who are set to die by lethal injection on Oct. 21 -- had until noon Monday to ask the state Parole Board to recommend to Gov. Asa Hutchinson that they be granted clemency, which can be either total forgiveness for the crime or a reduction of the criminal penalty.

    Under the state's protocol, the state Parole Board must first review the application and then make a recommendation to the governor to either approve or deny the request. The governor is not obligated to follow the board's decision.

    Both men, as well as six other death-row inmates, have exhausted all standard appeals. The execution dates have been scheduled for all eight men over the next four months.

    A lawsuit filed in June in Pulaski County Circuit Court by all eight men asking the prison system to disclose the source of its execution drugs is still pending. Jeff Rosenzweig, an attorney for all eight men, has said that he will ask the court to delay the executions.

    Ward, 58, is also seeking a review by the U.S. Supreme Court after a February Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that affirmed his death sentence. A case conference is set for Sept. 28.

    Ward was convicted of strangling to death 18-year-old Little Rock convenience-store clerk Rebecca Doss on Aug. 11, 1989.

    Davis, 52, was sentenced to death for the Oct. 12, 1990, execution-style shooting of 62-year-old Jane Daniels during a robbery in Rogers.

    http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2...ency-/?f=crime
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    Arkansas judge halts scheduled executions of eight inmates

    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."

    The Arkansas General Assembly this year enacted a statute allowing the identity of vendors of the pharmaceuticals to be withheld from the public. The condemned inmates contend the state must identify the suppliers of the drugs in accord with a settlement in an earlier case.

    Arkansas is the only state in the U.S. South to have not carried out an execution in recent years. Legal and political battles over death chamber procedures and stays of executions for other inmates have been the main reasons why the state has not carried out an execution since 2005.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0S32FS20151009
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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