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Arkansas Lethal Injection Legislation

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"Bill to keep executions from public study stalls," is Charlie Frago's report in today's Arkansas Democrat Gazette.An attempt to amend state laws on executions stalled in a Senate committee Wednesday after members questioned the need for secrecy about what chemicals are used. After a lengthy discussion, Rep. Bobby Pierce, D-Sheridan, delayed consideration of the bill so a compromise might be worked out between prison officials who want virtually the entire process to be exempt from the state's Freedom of Information Act and some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who said they were concerned that too much would be concealed. With perhaps two weeks left in the legislative session, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's chief deputy, Justin Allen, promised to bring back House Bill 1706 before lawmakers depart the Capitol...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).