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| Arkansas High Court Strikes Down Execution Law |
| By newser.com - Matt Cantor |
| Published: 06/22/2012 |
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A split Arkansas Supreme Court says the state's execution law is unconstitutional. The state's constitution says that execution rules must be set by the legislature, but a 2009 law put matters in the hands of the Department of Corrections, the AP reports. Under that law, the director of the department selects the chemicals used in lethal injection. That prompted a death row inmate to slap the department with a lawsuit, which was eventually joined by nine other inmates. Read More. |
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