Arkansas Legislation Prior to 2007

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In April 2001, Governor Huckabee signed a law providing for Defense Counsel Standards and DNA testing.

Arkansas

May 11, 2021

Forensic Testing Casts New Doubt on Guilt of Ledell Lee, Executed in Arkansas in 2017

Forensic Testing Casts New Doubt on Guilt of Ledell Lee, Executed in Arkansas in 2017

Arkansas

Mar 25, 2019

Florida Man Who Took Plea to Avoid Death Penalty Posthumously Exonerated of 1983 Rape-Murder

Florida Man Who Took Plea to Avoid Death Penalty Posthumously Exonerated of 1983 Rape-Murder

Arkansas

Mar 11, 2019

Two Legislatures, Two Divergent Approaches to Execution Transparency

Two Legislatures, Two Divergent Approaches to Execution Transparency

Upcoming Executions

Information about scheduled executions around the country

Innocence

For every 8.2 people executed in the United States in the modern era of the death penalty, one person on death row has been exonerated.

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States With and Without the Death Penalty

DPI Fact Sheet

PDF handout with facts about the Death Penalty

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