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| Lawyers: Arkansas death row inmate is mentally ill, should live |
| By wreg.com |
| Published: 10/03/2017 |
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LITTLE ROCK — Lawyers for an Arkansas man scheduled to be executed next month said Monday that his life should be spared because he suffered sexual abuse while institutionalized as a child and he is mentally ill. The Arkansas Parole Board will hold a hearing Wednesday for Jack Greene, who is scheduled to die Nov. 9 for the 1991 killing of Sidney Jethro Burnett after Burnett and his wife accused Greene of arson. In an appeal for clemency to the parole board, Greene’s lawyers wrote that his execution would violate the U.S. Constitution, which bars cruel and unusual punishment. Read More. |
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