Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced today his intention to commute the life sentence of Willie Mae Harris, which would make her immediately eligible for parole.
Fox 16 reports the state Parole Board has voted 6-0 against recommending clemency for Jack Greene, scheduled to be killed by the state Nov. 9 for his conviction in the 1991 slaying of Sidney , a Johnson County pastor.
A clemency hearing is underway today at the Varner prison unit for Jack Greene, scheduled to be killed by the state Nov. 9 for a Johnson County murder. He says he's competent to be executed.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced today his intention to grant clemency for Death Row inmate Jason McGehee, as the Parole Board had recommended earlier this year. This would commute his death sentence to life without possibility of parole.
The Arkansas Parole Board said today it would not recommend clemency for Death Row inmate Jack Jones, not surprising because he said in a letter to the Parole Board that he didn't want clemency.
Jack Jones Jr., scheduled for the final clemency hearing today among the eight who had been set for execution in April, does not want clemency, KTHV reports via Twitter.
Federal Judge Price Marshall this morning ruled that the state's hurried consideration of clemency requests by Death Row inmates was not flawed enough to stop the executions.
Greg Yarbrough of Channel 4 reports that the state Parole Board, following hearings last week, has recommended clemency for Death Row inmate Jason McGehee, but not for Kenneth Williams.
Mara Leveritt reports that Rolf Kaestel, imprisoned for 34 years for a $264 robbery in Fort Smith, has been denied clemency by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who's drawn attention of late for his support restoring some equity to sentencing as one means of reducing a bulging prison population.
Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, already burdened with two high-profile cases of murders by people he'd helped free from Arkansas prison, had another one added to his rap sheet yesterday.