Arkansas carries out first of planned executions
US state of Arkansas executed Ledell Lee, (R top) after US Supreme Court rejected an 11th-hour stay, part of a plan to execute eight prisoners by the end of the month (AFP Photo/HO)/ Washington (AFP) - The US state of Arkansas has carried out its first execution in more than a decade despite criticism that its plan to put to death several prisoners this month is rushed. Ledell Lee, 51, was executed Thursday after the US Supreme Court rejected eleventh-hour requests to stay the move. He received a legal injection cocktail of three drugs, ...
Click
To Read Full Article