(AP) – Arkansas is asking the state Supreme Court to clarify
that it has lifted stays on the executions of eight death row inmates, accusing
attorneys for the men of trying to manufacture a procedural loophole.
Rutledge’s office said Monday it still believed the court had lifted the stays
of the eight men who are scheduled to be executed in April. But Rutledge’s
office said it was asking for the clarification “out of an abundance of
caution.”
Attorneys for the inmates have argued that the stay of executions are still in
effect since an amended complaint over the state’s lethal injection law is
pending in Pulaski County circuit court.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson earlier Monday scheduled execution dates for the eight
inmates, but the state lacks one of the drugs needed to put them to death.
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