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    State Supreme Court grants inmate 2nd stay of execution

    Bruce Ward, a death-row inmate whose execution scheduled for next week was already stayed by a circuit judge, received a second stay Wednesday, this one from the Arkansas Supreme Court.

    The state's highest court temporarily stayed Ward's execution, set for next Wednesday, pending a separate appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Ward was sentenced to death in 1990 after his conviction in the 1989 rape and murder of 18-year-old Little Rock gas station clerk Rebecca Doss. Since then, Ward has appealed his case to state and federal courts.

    On Sept. 4, Ward's attorney, Josh Lee, submitted a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, asking the court to review a lower-court decision.

    Lee told the nation's highest court that the state Supreme Court violated Ward's rights to due process by overruling a state precedent in its denial of Ward's request for another post-conviction appeal in February. In that 4-3 ruling, dissenting justices argued that the court should have stuck to its past rulings and offered Ward the benefit of due process given the severity of his sentence.

    On Oct. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court clerk's office notified Lee that court rules prevented his petition from being considered before Oct. 30 -- nine days after Ward was set for execution. The nation's high court is not required to hear Ward's appeal. Lee then asked the state Supreme Court to delay Ward's execution.

    State attorneys objected, arguing that the state Supreme Court had no authority to issue a stay in Ward's case. They said Lee's legal question posed to justices in Washington, D.C., was an "unremarkable" procedural issue, one already settled locally that was "only sound and fury signifying nothing."

    "If there are concerns in Washington, D.C., about the petitioner's claim, that Court can expedite its review of his petition before his execution date or it can grant him a stay, should he ask for one," a state attorney wrote. "Further delay in Arkansas is unnecessary. In sum, after decades of court challenges, it is time the sentence of the jury be carried out."

    On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court granted the temporary stay. Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood said they would have denied it.

    Lee did not return a call Thursday for comment.

    In September, Gov. Asa Hutchinson set execution dates for Ward and seven other death-row inmates.

    In late June, the eight plus another death row inmate filed suit in Pulaski County Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of a new state law that makes confidential the source of the state's execution drugs.

    Last Friday, Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen temporarily stayed the executions until the lawsuit is decided at trial. On Monday, the judge ordered Arkansas Department of Correction officials to disclose information about the execution drugs by Oct. 21. He set a March 1 trial date in the lawsuit.

    The state attorney general's office on Tuesday appealed Griffen's ruling to the state Supreme Court. On Wednesday, they argued that Griffen exceeded his authority in his temporary stay and that he should allow attorneys to argue over a preliminary injunction "at the earliest possible time" and not in March, which will have the effect of delaying the eight executions.

    They also argued that the delays would cause some of the execution drugs to expire. However, an attorney for the death-row inmates, Jeff Rosenzweig, said the earliest any of the drugs would expire would be in June and that there is plenty of time for briefing by attorneys.

    Ward has another petition pending before the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. In June, Lee asked the high court to weigh in on whether Ward was entitled to an outside expert to evaluate his mental health during sentencing. That petition is set for conference with the U.S. Supreme Court today.

    http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2015/o...?news-arkansas
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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Ward's petition for certiorari.

    Docketed: September 9, 2015
    Linked with 14A1275
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Arkansas
    Case Nos.: (CR-00-1322)
    Decision Date: February 26, 2015
    Rehearing Denied: April 9, 2015

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.a...es/15-5977.htm

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    Hey Moh,

    I don't mean to cause trouble, but I don't see anything in the link you posted that resulted after October 15th. The Arkansas Supreme Court has his execution stayed with a legend, that is explained here (the schwa is the legend): ~ On October 8, the Arkansas Circuit Court granted a temporary restraining order staying all eight scheduled executions so that already pending judicial review of the state's execution procedures could take place.

    http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/upcoming-executions
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    Court rejects hearing for death-row inmate

    By Spencer Willems
    Arkansas Online

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an application for a hearing from an Arkansas death-row inmate whose execution this week is on hold.

    The nation's highest court rejected a petition for a writ of certiorari from Bruce Ward, who is one of two inmates scheduled by Gov. Asa Hutchinson last month to die by lethal injection this Wednesday.

    Since Hutchinson's order, the scheduled executions of Ward and seven other inmates were stayed by Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen, who is considering a lawsuit filed by death-row inmates over a state law that shields information about the supply of the state's lethal injection drugs.

    Last week, the Arkansas Supreme Court also stayed Ward's execution pending a second petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, which will be unable to consider Ward's application until Oct. 30, nine days after he would have been put to death. The second request, still pending, pertains to how Ward's case was handled in the courts.

    Hours after Ward's application was denied Monday, his attorneys filed a petition with the Arkansas Supreme Court asking it to issue another stay in the man's execution, arguing that Ward is too mentally ill to be executed.

    Ward was first convicted and sentenced to death in 1990 following the murder and sexual assault of an 18-year-old Little Rock gas station clerk, Rebecca Doss.

    In June, Ward's attorney, Josh Lee, filed a petition with the nation's high court, arguing that Ward was not of sound mind during his sentencing and that he should have been offered an independent mental health analysis that could have proven to be a "mitigating" factor for the jury when considering a sentence.

    The case was set for consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, and the application was denied Monday. An attorney for Ward declined to comment.

    In September, Lee filed the second petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that Ward was being denied due process because his execution was allowed to go forward despite a procedural error.

    As of Monday night, Ward's Wednesday execution remained stayed by separate orders by Griffen and the Arkansas Supreme Court.

    State attorneys have appealed Griffen's stay and asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to block Griffen's order. Attorneys for the inmates argue that Griffen's ruling was proper in order to give enough time for the inmates to challenge the constitutionality of the state law that keeps the source of the state's lethal drugs a secret.

    http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2...=news-arkansas

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Ward's petition for certiorari.

    Docketed: September 9, 2015
    Linked with 14A1275
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Arkansas
    Case Nos.: (CR-00-1322)
    Decision Date: February 26, 2015
    Rehearing Denied: April 9, 2015

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.a...es/15-5977.htm

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Ward's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Case Nos.: (15-2863)
    Decision Date: September 16, 2015
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    Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson set the execution dates for eight Arkansas death row inmates on Monday (Feb. 27).

    The eight inmates have all been convicted of capital murder.

    “This action is necessary to fulfill the requirement of the law, but it is also important to bring closure to the victims’ families who have lived with the court appeals and uncertainty for a very long time,” Hutchinson said.

    The execution dates were set as follows:

    Kenneth Williams – April 27, 2017
    Bruce Ward – April 17, 2017
    Stacey Johnson – April 20, 2017
    Don Williamson Davis – April 17, 2017
    Ledell Lee – April 20, 2017
    Jack Harold Jones – April 24, 2017
    Jason McGehee – April 27, 2017
    Marcel Williams – April 24, 2017

    http://5newsonline.com/2017/02/27/ar...h-row-inmates/
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    Inmates ask Arkansas court to void orders setting execution dates

    Attorneys for eight Arkansas death row inmates scheduled to be put to death next month are asking the state's highest court to invalidate the proclamations scheduling their executions, arguing that a stay is still in place.

    The inmates asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to void Gov. Asa Hutchinson's orders setting their execution dates. Hutchinson on Monday set four double executions during a 10-day period in April, though the state is lacking one of the drugs needed to put them to death.

    The inmates' attorneys say a stay blocking the executions is still in place while an amended complaint challenging Arkansas' lethal injection law is pending in a Pulaski County court. The state Monday asked the state to clarify that the stay on executions had been lifted.

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    Arkansas inmates ask judge to halt 4 double executions

    The eight inmates facing lethal injection in Arkansas next month asked a federal judge on Monday to block the state's unprecedented plan to conduct four nights of double executions over a 10-day period.

    Attorneys for the inmates sought a preliminary injunction to halt the executions, which are scheduled to begin April 17, arguing that the use of the controversial sedative midazolam and the rushed schedule violates their clients' constitutional rights.

    Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson last month scheduled the executions to occur before the state's supply of midazolam expires at the end of April.

    "The rushed schedule appreciably increases the risk of harm to plaintiffs, falls far outside the bounds of modern penological practice, and disrespects the plaintiffs' fundamental dignity — defects that all run against the Eighth Amendment's protections," the inmates argued in a court filing.

    Arkansas hasn't executed an inmate since 2005 because of court challenges and difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs. The state hasn't carried out a double execution since 1999.

    While Texas has executed eight people in a month — twice in 1997 — no state in the modern era has executed that many prisoners in 10 days.

    The lawsuit is the latest of several efforts by the inmates to halt the executions. A separate challenge against Arkansas' lethal injection law — which keeps the source of the state's lethal injection drugs secret — is pending in Pulaski County Circuit Court. The inmates have also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to not weigh in on a state court ruling upholding the law's constitutionality.

    Five of the inmates have also asked the state Parole Board to recommend Hutchinson spare their lives.

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    Arkansas judge rejects bid to halt multiple executions

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s lethal injection law, the latest setback for efforts to block the state’s unprecedented plan to conduct four double executions over a 10-day period next month.

    Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen granted the state’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint filed by eight inmates facing lethal injection next month. Griffen said he has no jurisdiction over the case after the state Supreme Court reversed his previous decision striking down the law and the state’s three-drug protocol.

    “That dismissal effectively ended this court’s jurisdiction over all claims and contentions in the lawsuit that led to the dismissal,” Griffen wrote in his decision.

    An attorney for the inmates said he planned to appeal Griffen’s ruling quickly to the state Supreme Court.

    “We will again ask the court to reconsider its findings and point out the flaws in its earlier findings,” Jeff Rosenzweig said.

    Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson last month scheduled the executions to begin before the state’s supply of midazolam, a controversial sedative used in its three-drug protocol, expires. Arkansas has not executed an inmate since 2005.

    The inmates filed a federal lawsuit Monday aimed at halting the executions. They’ve also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to not review a state court ruling upholding the lethal injection law, which keeps the source of Arkansas’ execution drugs secret.

    The ruling comes a day after the state Parole Board recommended Hutchinson reject a clemency request by Stacey Eugene Johnson and Ledell Lee, two of the convicted murderers scheduled for execution. The panel held another hearing Monday for convicted murderer Marcel Williams, and hearings are set for Friday for two other death row inmates.

    Arkansas hasn’t executed an inmate in more than a decade because of court challenges and difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs. The state hasn’t carried out a double execution since 1999, and while Texas has executed eight people in a month — twice in 1997 — no state in the modern era has executed that many prisoners in 10 days.

    The executions are scheduled on April 17, April 20, April 24 and April 27.

    In his ruling, Griffen wrote that he was troubled by the state Supreme Court decision and by the inmates’ argument that the lethal injection protocol could subject them to painful executions.

    "It is more than troubling that Arkansas judges must now deny persons sentenced to death by lethal injection a fair and impartial evidentiary hearing concerning their allegations that the state of Arkansas intends to subject them to an execution process which they allege will involve demonstrable risk of severe pain,” he wrote.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...168_story.html
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