CUMMINS UNIT, Ark. — The United States Supreme Court rejected a
request by the state of Arkansas early Tuesday to execute the first
prisoner in a tight schedule of eight death sentences it planned to
complete before the end of the month.
The decision was the culmination of a chaotic
day of legal arguments, as Arkansas attempts to carry out its first
executions in 12 years before its supply of lethal-injection drugs
expires at the end of the month.
The high court gave no explanation for its
ruling, but said it would not lift an order made by the Arkansas
Supreme
Court on Monday to stop the executions of two inmates set to be put to
death that night. They were scheduled to be the first of eight people
put to death in the space of 10 days.
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