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DNA Test in 1993 Arkansas Killing Reveals Genetic Material of Someone Other Than the Black Man Who Was Executed for the Crime
So many horrific things happen in America’s courts that’s it’s amazing so many people believe we have a fair, just and totally not racist legal system. We’ve seen countless stories about Black men serving time for decades only to be found innocent years later. In Arkansas, DNA testing has revealed genetic material of an “unknown…
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Ledell Lee Becomes 1st Death Row Inmate in Over a Decade to Be Executed by State of Ark.
Amid rising controversy over the drugs used in its lethal-injection protocol and a flurry of legal battles in the last week attempting to stop its expedited execution plan, the state of Arkansas carried out its first execution in more than a decade Thursday night. Ledell Lee, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m. Central Time,…
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Ark. Ready to Execute 8 Men in 10-Day Period as Lethal-Injection Drug Set to Expire
The state of Arkansas is moving quickly to pull off eight executions in 10 days during the month of April as it tries to beat the clock on an expiring supply of a controversial sedative used during the lethal-injection process. The state plans to carry out two executions a day on four days between April…