(AP) — The Arkansas Parole Board recommended Monday that the governor reject long-shot bids for clemency by two of inmates facing lethal injection next month, as a new lawsuit challenges the state's unprecedented plan to conduct four double executions over a 10-day period. The eight inmates asked a federal judge earlier Monday to block the state's unprecedented plan, arguing that the execution schedule and Arkansas' planned use of the controversial sedative midazolam violates their constitutional rights. "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 protection," the inmates' attorneys said in their request for a preliminary injunction. Arkansas hasn't executed an inmate in more than a decade because of court challenges and difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs. 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.
Board Recommends Rejecting Clemency For 2 Arkansas Inmates
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Mon, 03/27/2017 - 2:32pm
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