Arkansas Legislation Prior to 2007 Copy Link Email Arkansas In April 2001, Governor Huckabee signed a law providing for Defense Counsel Standards and DNA testing. Related News & Developments Executions April 27, 2022 Arkansas Marks Five Years Since End of 2017 Execution Spree Issues August 18, 2021 Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Barring Death Penalty for Intellectually Disabled Arkansas Death-Row Prisoner Alvin Jackson Executions June 4, 2020 Arkansas Federal Court Rejects Death-Row Prisoners’ Challenge to State’s Use of Midazolam in Executions Issues February 7, 2020 States Continue to Oppose DNA Testing in Death Penalty Appeals, Attorneys Ask Why Don’t They Want to Learn the Truth?
