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The queen’s gambit: Gov. Sanders and Co. play political games with overcrowded prisons

The governor's plan to add more people to existing prisons, regardless of capacity or prison staffing, has her at loggerheads with the state Board of Corrections.
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No execution for mentally disabled Arkansas man, the U.S. Supreme Court rules

Jackson, now 51, is an inmate at Varner Supermax near Grady. He was convicted for killing two people.
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Mickey Gates' attorney details defense on tax case

The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reports on a hearing in the felony tax case against Republican Rep. Mickey Gates of Hot Springs in which his attorney, Jeff Rosenzweig, laid out a "good faith" defense for Gates failure to file income tax returns.

Innocence Project asks Arkansas Supreme Court to grant stay for Stacey Johnson execution

The Innocence Project and Little Rock attorney Jeff Rosenzweig filed an appeal today to the Arkansas Supreme Court requesting a stay in the execution of Stacey Johnson, who is scheduled to be killed Thursday.
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Death row inmates' federal lawsuit, day four

Attorneys and experts ventured deep into the weeds of the available medical literature on the drug midazolam today in federal court, where they are arguing for and against a federal lawsuit brought by Arkansas death row prisoners seeking to make the case that the state's abbreviated execution schedule — which would see seven men executed this month — would violate the Eighth Amendment and their right to effective counsel. Midazolam is a sedative that is the first of a three-drug cocktail the state plans to use to execute seven inmates this month. Today is the final day of four days of hearings in the matter.

Why Arkansas plans to kill eight men in 11 days

Under the guise of 'synthetic civility.'
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With April 20 execution date approaching, two death row inmates seek clemency

Both Stacey Johnson and Ledell Lee were sentenced to die in 1993 for capital murder. Both men maintain they are innocent.

Supreme Court justice touting court TV today

Supreme Court Justice Rhonda is touting a web TV showing today of arguments in a road rage case.
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Life, death and the Arkansas Constitution at stake in execution case

The Arkansas Constitution and three-branch government is at stake in a last-gasp appeal of an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling on drugs used in executions.

U.S. Supreme Court rules life without parole sentences for juveniles unconstitutional

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that all life without parole sentences for children violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, and that all sentenced to mandatory life as children are entitled to case reviews. The ruling moots an Arkansas petition for the court to hear an appeal of the June 2015 Arkansas Supreme Court decision that had made it possible for persons who'd been sentenced to life without parole to ask for reviews of the sentences retroactively.
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Capital murder case ends in plea bargain

Cornell Huell entered a guilty plea in a capital murder case late last week in Hot Spring Circuit Court, a deal that will give him a 40-year sentence for first-degree murder and 16 years for attempted first-degree murder, to be served consecutively. That likely ends a developing controversy on whether the presiding judge should recuse from the case.

In matters of life and death

Defense attorneys Teri Chambers, Katherine Streett and Jeff Rosenzweig have long stood with clients accused of horrible crimes, many of them facing the death penalty. Their thoughts, in their own words, on why Arkansas should get out of the business of killing.
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