Seven people to be executed in 11 days because lethal injection drugs are about to expire
7 years, 11 months ago

Seven people to be executed in 11 days because lethal injection drugs are about to expire

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Arkansas is preparing to execute seven death row inmates in 11 days this month before the state's deadly drugs expire, an unprecedented number of lethal injections in such a narrow window. According to the Arkansas documents, the state got its midazolam just days after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of the drug in Oklahoma's lethal injections. "We've never seen anything like back-to-back executions, four times, over a span of 11 days," said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a Washington-based nonprofit group. The same year, Georgia twice called off the execution of the state's only female death row inmate, first because of a winter storm and then because the drugs looked "cloudy."

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Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
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6 days, 20 hours ago
Oklahoma executes the man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a home invasion and robbery
6 days, 20 hours ago
A look at the status of US executions in 2025
2 weeks ago
Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
2 weeks ago
Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Tennessee has a new execution method, 2.5 years after last scheduled execution abruptly halted
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Oklahoma to carry out 25th and final execution in U.S. this year
3 months, 1 week ago
Oklahoma man dies by lethal injection in the nation’s final execution of 2024
3 months, 1 week ago
5 U.S. death row inmates were executed in one week, the most in decades
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
6 months ago
5 executions have happened over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
6 months ago
‘Suck it up’: Oklahoma judge has no sympathy for executioners’ stress
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Lawmakers bidding to resume Louisiana executions after 14-year pause OK new death penalty methods
1 year ago
Could Louisiana soon resume death row executions?
1 year, 1 month ago
Execution of man convicted in killing of 3 in Texas delayed
2 years, 1 month ago
Oklahoma appeals court agrees to slow pace of executions
2 years, 2 months ago
New Oklahoma AG seeks to slow pace of lethal injections
2 years, 2 months ago
Inmates allege Texas plans to use unsafe execution drugs
2 years, 2 months ago
Judge rules against Oklahoma in attempt to execute inmate
2 years, 3 months ago
Oklahoma panel votes to reject clemency for death row inmate
2 years, 3 months ago
Alabama Fails To Complete Lethal Injection For 3rd Time
2 years, 4 months ago
EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems?
2 years, 4 months ago
EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems?
2 years, 4 months ago
Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time
2 years, 4 months ago
Oklahoma executes man for 1993 killing of 3-year-old boy
2 years, 4 months ago
Execution of Alabama death row prisoner is called off, state official says, citing time constraints from late-night court battle
2 years, 4 months ago
Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to execute
2 years, 4 months ago
Oklahoma Executes Man Using Method That Led To Multiple Botched Killings
2 years, 7 months ago
Oklahoma, with a history of botched lethal injections, prepares to start executing a man a month
2 years, 7 months ago
Court upholds Arkansas’ use of sedative in executions
2 years, 7 months ago
Delay raises questions about Alabama lethal injection
2 years, 7 months ago
Alabama gov: Execution set despite wishes of victim’s family
2 years, 7 months ago
Tennessee execution pause through 2022 could last longer
2 years, 9 months ago
Oklahoma official seeks execution dates for 25 inmates
2 years, 9 months ago
Judge rules Oklahoma’s lethal injection method is constitutional following a legal challenge from dozens of death row prisoners
2 years, 9 months ago
Judge rules Oklahoma’s lethal injection method is constitutional following a legal challenge from dozens of death row prisoners
2 years, 9 months ago
Federal judge OKs Oklahoma’s lethal injection method
2 years, 9 months ago
A federal judge rules Oklahoma's lethal injection method is constitutional
2 years, 9 months ago
Records: 2 people in execution knew drugs hadn’t been tested
2 years, 10 months ago
Attorneys want moratorium, probe after execution halted
2 years, 10 months ago
Tenn governor calls off execution, citing oversight in plan
2 years, 11 months ago
Oklahoma attorneys say execution method is constitutional
3 years ago
Federal judge opens hearing on Oklahoma’s lethal injection
3 years ago
Arizona seeks to resume executions after 7-year hiatus
3 years, 1 month ago
Oklahoma executes man for role in 2005 quadruple slaying
3 years, 1 month ago
Oklahoma Executes Man Days Before A Trial On Whether Its Lethal Injection Method Is Legal
3 years, 1 month ago
Oklahoma death row inmate who requested firing squad executed by lethal injection
3 years, 2 months ago
Appeals court paves the way for 2 more Oklahoma executions
3 years, 2 months ago
Oklahoma death row inmates seek firing squad as alternative
3 years, 2 months ago

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