The 8th and 9th Executions of 2017
Arkansas put to death two men Monday night in the first back-to-back executions in the United States since 2000, reported CNN. Mattmangino.com has been tracking executions since 2009 and this is the first time that two executions have been listed in the same post.
Arkansas put to death two men Monday night in the first back-to-back executions in the United States since 2000, reported CNN. Mattmangino.com has been tracking executions since 2009 and this is the first time that two executions have been listed in the same post.
Jack Harold Jones and Marcel Wayne Williams were
among eight inmates set for execution in April before the state's supply of a
lethal injection drug expires at the end of the month.The compressed timeline set off a series of
last-minute challenges from inmates challenging the state's lethal injection
protocol. The Arkansas Supreme Court and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
denied requests for stays from Jones and Williams earlier Monday, as did the US
Supreme Court.
Jones was administered the lethal injection at 7:06
p.m. Monday (8:06 p.m. ET) and pronounced dead 14 minutes later. Williams was
administered the injection at 10:16 p.m. (11:16 p.m. ET) and was pronounced
dead 17 minutes later.
Before Williams' execution began, a federal district
court judge issued a temporary stay based on claims from Williams' lawyers that
Jones' death was "torturous and inhumane." Infirmary staff tried
unsuccessfully for 45 minutes to place a line in Jones' neck, before placing
one elsewhere on his body, the emergency motion read.
The state called the claims "utterly
baseless" and a federal judge lifted the temporary stay, clearing the way
for Williams' execution to proceed.
These lethal injections were the first back-to-back
executions in the United States since Texas carried out the death sentences of
Brian Roberson and Oliver Cruz on August 9, 2000, according to the Death
Penalty Information Center.
Arkansas' last double execution -- of Allen Willett
and Mark Gardner -- was on September 8, 1999, according to the Department of
Corrections.
Arkansas put to death two men Monday night in the
first back-to-back executions in the United States since 2000.
Jack Harold Jones and Marcel Wayne Williams were
among eight inmates set for execution in April before the state's supply of a lethal
injection drug expires at the end of the month.
The compressed timeline set off a series of
last-minute challenges from inmates challenging the state's lethal injection
protocol. The Arkansas Supreme Court and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
denied requests for stays from Jones and Williams earlier Monday, as did the US
Supreme Court.
Jones was administered the lethal injection at 7:06
p.m. Monday (8:06 p.m. ET) and pronounced dead 14 minutes later. Williams was
administered the injection at 10:16 p.m. (11:16 p.m. ET) and was pronounced
dead 17 minutes later.
Before Williams' execution began, a federal district
court judge issued a temporary stay based on claims from Williams' lawyers that
Jones' death was "torturous and inhumane." Infirmary staff tried
unsuccessfully for 45 minutes to place a line in Jones' neck, before placing
one elsewhere on his body, the emergency motion read.
The state called the claims "utterly
baseless" and a federal judge lifted the temporary stay, clearing the way
for Williams' execution to proceed.
These lethal injections were the first back-to-back
executions in the United States since Texas carried out the death sentences of
Brian Roberson and Oliver Cruz on August 9, 2000, according to the Death
Penalty Information Center.
Arkansas' last double execution -- of Allen Willett and Mark Gardner -- was on September 8, 1999, according to the Department of Corrections.
To read more CLICK HERE
Arkansas' last double execution -- of Allen Willett and Mark Gardner -- was on September 8, 1999, according to the Department of Corrections.
To read more CLICK HERE
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