The Latest: US judge lifts temporary execution stay
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on Arkansas’ attempt to carry out the nation’s first double execution since 2000 (all times local):
9:30 p.m.
A federal judge has lifted her court order that temporarily blocked Arkansas from executing two inmates in one night.
Attorneys for Marcel Williams had questioned whether the night’s first execution of Jack Jones went properly.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued the stay for Williams, then, lifted it about an hour later
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