Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first death penalty use in 12 years

[TomSea]

Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first death penalty use in 12 years

Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee in the US state's first use of the death penalty in 12 years.

It came after the US Supreme Court rejected a challenge arguing Arkansas was unfairly rushing several executions before its supply of a lethal injection drug expires at the end of April.

On Thursday the state's Supreme Court overturned a ruling blocking the use of a different drug.

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Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39662139

Those awaiting execution besides Lee who was executed.  Perhaps one prisoner had his execution stayed because there are only 7 names below:

Bruce Ward - Strangled teenage shop clerk Rebecca Doss

Don Davis - Condemned for the execution-style killing of Jane Daniel as he burgled her home

Stacey Johnson - Murdered Carol Heath, who was beaten, strangled and had her throat slit

Ledell Lee - Bludgeoned Debra Reese to death with a tyre iron her husband had given her for protection

Jack Jones - Condemned for the rape and murder of accounts clerk Mary Phillips, and the nearly fatal beating of her 11-year-old daughter

Marcel Williams - Raped and murdered Stacey Erickson, after kidnapping her from a convenience store

Kenneth Williams - Murdered farmer Cecil Boren during an escape from prison where Williams had been incarcerated for murdering cheerleader Dominique Hurd

More at story link.

2 of the victims in the crimes above worked in stores, maybe even 3 depending on where this "accounts clerk" was.

[Applewood]

Only 12 years?  Can't remember the last time Pennsylvania executed anyone.  And the governor declared a moratorium on executions while some political hacks "investigate" to see if the death penalty is handed out "fairly. "  Racism and all that. 

Just convicted the killer of a state trooper.  He's a young man who will die in prison after years of mooching off the taxpayers.

[thackney]

Only 12 years?  Can't remember the last time Pennsylvania executed anyone.  And the governor declared a moratorium on executions while some political hacks "investigate" to see if the death penalty is handed out "fairly. "  Racism and all that. 

Just convicted the killer of a state trooper.  He's a young man who will die in prison after years of mooching off the taxpayers.

Gary Heidnik was executed by lethal injection on July 6, 1999, at State Correctional Institution – Rockview in Centre County, Pennsylvania. His body was later cremated. As of 2016, he is the last person to be executed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

[Applewood]

Gary Heidnik was executed by lethal injection on July 6, 1999, at State Correctional Institution – Rockview in Centre County, Pennsylvania. His body was later cremated. As of 2016, he is the last person to be executed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Thank you @thackney.  I knew it had been quite a few years. 

Back in the 70s, there were two guys who went on a kill for thrill spree.  Both received death sentences, but 30 some years later, they are still alive in prison.  During all those years, both killers have filed endless appeals, some of which are still pending.  If either or both win, they will never be executed.  They might not be executed even if they lose.  This state has the death penalty, but it's meaningless.