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March 6, 2017

Arkansas Planning to Execute 8 Men over 10 Days
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The state of Arkansas is planning to execute eight men within a 10-day
period in April, which would be an unprecedented rate of executions in
modern U.S. history. Arkansas has suspended executions since 2005, amid
challenges in acquiring lethal injection drugs and lawsuits over the
drugs used. Arkansas says it is rushing the executions because the
state's supply of the sedative midazolam will soon expire. Midazolam has
been linked to painful, botched executions in Alabama and other states.
In January, an Ohio judge ruled Ohio's lethal injection process was
unconstitutional because of its use of midazolam.


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