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April 26, 2017

New issue in executions: Should the death chamber be silent?

The nation's first double execution in 16 years is raising a new issue involving transparency and the death penalty: Should witnesses be allowed to hear what goes on in the death chamber? A lawyer who watched Monday's executions in Arkansas says he saw an inmate open his mouth several times when it should have been still.

April 25, 2017

Arkansas executes two inmates in one night, first state to do so since 2000

Arkansas executed two condemned murderers Monday night, becoming the first state in 17 years to carry out two death sentences in one day.

April 25, 2017

Arkansas executes 2 inmates on the same gurney, hours apart

After going nearly 12 years without an execution, Arkansas now has executed three in a few days — including two in one night.

April 24, 2017

Arkansas prepares for first double execution in US since 2000

Two condemned killers in Arkansas are set to die Monday in the first double execution in the United States since 2000.

April 24, 2017

Dashcam video captures Arkansas 4-year-old's fall from bus

A 4-year-old girl fell through the open back door of a moving church bus onto an Arkansas state highway, but was rescued from the road by a volunteer firefighter who happened to be driving behind.

April 24, 2017

2 Arkansas men set to be executed want stays for poor health

Two Arkansas inmates scheduled to be put to death Monday in what could be the nation's first double execution in more than 16 years have asked an appeals court to halt their lethal injections because of poor health.

April 24, 2017

Arkansas firefighter captures moment 4-year-old girl falls out of bus

An Arkansas Volunteer firefighter comes to the rescue after a little girl falls out of the back of a bus. His dash camera, running the entire time.

April 21, 2017

Arkansas conducts first execution since 2005, plans 3 more

Arkansas has carried out its first execution in nearly a dozen years despite a flurry of legal challenges that had spared three other convicted killers.

April 20, 2017

Disabled Vietnam vet says couple robbed him after carrying his groceries in Arkansas

A disabled Vietnam War veteran claimed a couple, who offered to help him with his groceries, attacked and robbed him in his Arkansas home last week.

April 19, 2017

Arkansas inmates set to die Thursday claim innocence

Lawyers for Arkansas inmates condemned to die Thursday in a planned double execution are claiming they are innocent and one of them says advanced DNA techniques could show he didn't kill a woman in 1993.