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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,…