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ACLU issues warning about execution drug

The national ACLU is distributing a video saying Arkansas is risking "torturing prisoners to death" in its "rush" to execute eight prisoners in 10 days.
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Hutchinson's Pinto moment

The Ford Motor Co. brought the Pinto to America's highways, even though it knew the car had serious safety problems. Indeed, Pinto after Pinto burst into flames in rear-end collisions, causing severe injuries and deaths. Ford's lack of moral and economic judgment brought shame to the company's brand for decades.
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Why Arkansas plans to kill eight men in 11 days

Under the guise of 'synthetic civility.'

Judge Griffen dismisses execution challenge; says hands tied by 'shameful' Ark. Supreme Court ruling

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ruled today that he had no choice based on  a past Arkansas Supreme Court decision  but to dismiss a lawsuit by Death Row inmates seeking to challenge the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process.But the judge did so unhappily with sharp criticism of the Arkansas Supreme Court for failing to address critical points raised in the lawsuit.
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Lawsuit seeks to halt executions

A federal lawsuit was filed today to stop the eight executions of Death Row inmates over a 10-day span in April.

More criticism for Arkansas's planned execution spree

Gov. Asa Hutchinson's 10-day schedule in April for eight executions continues to draw criticism, here from death penalty lawyers in the New York Times.
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State obtains new execution drugs

AP reports that the state has obtained a fresh supply of one of the three drugs used in the lethal injection process.

NY Times editorial faults Arkansas's execution rush

The New York Times editorial page today criticizes Arkansas's rush to execute eight people in 10 days in April because of vagaries in supplying the three drugs used in the lethal injection process.
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UDPATE: Arkansas has purchased lethal injection drugs, including midazolam

Steve Barnes reports for Reuters that the office of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said yesterday the state now has drugs at the ready for use in lethal injections.
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