US Supreme Court rejects Arkansas request to allow execution

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a last-minute request from Arkansas state authorities for permission to carry out its first execution in more than a decade.The US high court decision is the latest in a flurry of legal setbacks to the southeastern state's original plan to carry out eight executions between April 17 and 27, an unprecedented pace.Justices declined an appeal from the state's attorney general to lift a stay barring the execution of Don Davis, who was slated to be the first of s