Groundbreaking jurist Darrell Hickman dead at 91

Darrell Hickman, who spent nearly 22 years as a trial court judge and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died Thursday at Searcy, his hometown, at the age of 91. He was diagnosed in early summer with esophageal cancer and endured one round of chemotherapy.As both a trial and appellate judge, Hickman carried out his belief that the courts had to strictly implement provisions of the state and federal constitutions, even if the provisions were outmoded and needlessly restrictive. It would forc