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4 Apr 2019, 10:24 am by Nicholas Chan
After pharmaceutical companies faced backlash for their drug products ending up in lethal injection formulas, the Arkansas Department of Correction has been unable to obtain the ingredients from drug manufacturers. [read post]
30 Mar 2018, 2:02 pm by Brittney Zeller
The ruling comes from an appeal by the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) from a lower court order requiring the ADC to provide Arkansas lawyer Steven Shultz with label inserts for its supply of... [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 3:53 pm by Lawrenz Fares
[JURIST] The Arkansas Supreme Court [official website] on Thursday ruled [opinion] that the Arkansas Whistle-Blower Act (AWBA) [materials] does not protect a former employee of the Department of Arkansas Community Corrections (ACC) [official website] who alleged she was fired for protesting and participating in an investigation to uncover workplace discrimination. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 11:41 am by Maureen Cosgrove
The Arkansas Department of Correction [official website] relinquished its supply of sodium thiopental, a drug used in the lethal injection process, after coming under fire for obtaining the... [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 1:36 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruling in Arkansas Department of Correction v. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 10:45 am by Jennifer Suder
[JURIST] Nine Arkansas death row inmates, including eight scheduled for lethal injections next month, jointly filed suit [complaint, PDF] against Governor Asa Hutchinson [official website] and Department of Correction Director Wendy Kelly [official website] on Monday to stop the executions. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 9:20 am by Steve Hall
The law specifies that the death sentence is to be carried out by lethal injection of “one or more chemicals, as determined in kind and amount in the discretion of the director of the Department of Correction. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 3:26 pm
The state Department of Correction adopted new procedures in May to comply with a U.S. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 8:33 am
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, Department of Correction officials and Gov. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 7:46 am by Steve Hall
Fox said the law gave the director of the state Department of Correction too much discretion in deciding what drugs to use in executions. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 7:39 am by Steve Hall
The 2009 law left those decisions to the director of the Corrections Department. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 7:02 pm
Department of Correction spokeswoman Dina Tyler said the department respectfully disagrees with Fox's ruling. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 9:12 am by Steve Hall
Similarly, the fact that anesthesia is in short supply worldwide does not indicate that the Arkansas Department of Correction is in short supply of the drug. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 1:37 pm by Paul Pfeifer
Unemployment benefits in Arkansas are overseen by the Department of Workforce Services (DWS). [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 10:56 am by Steve Hall
Most recently, the state Supreme Court ruled last month that a 2009 law authorizing the director of the state Department of Correction to decide what chemicals are used in lethal injections gave the director too much discretion, in violation of the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of state government. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 9:39 am by Steve Hall
An Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Freedom of Information Act request with the Arkansas Department of Correction produced e-mails showing Tennessee has also received a dose of the drug. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 10:13 am by Steve Hall
They claim that the Method of Execution Act passed by the Legislature in 2009 gives the Correction Department director too much leeway in conducting executions.The law, Arkansas Code 5-4-617, violates the Arkansas Constitution’s separation of powers clause, the inmates argue, because it represents the Legislature turning over its policy making duties to the department. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 9:17 am by Steve Hall
"With the concerns around the drug, we think it was a prudent step for the (corrections) department to take," said Matt DeCample, a spokesman for Arkansas Gov. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Little Rock Area Office was launching a 16-day Arkansas Amputation Prevention Stand-Down during the middle to end of September. [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 2:09 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
(Cheryl Simon via Associated Press) On Friday, Arkansas circuit judge Wendell Griffen granted a temporary restraining order barring the Arkansas Department of Correction from proceeding with any executions using vecuronium bromide as a part of its three-drug lethal injection protocol. [read post]