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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female ( Christina Marie Riggs ).
As of December 3, 2024, a total of 32 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over five calendar years in four U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 16 pending motions to set an execution date across seven states. [3]
Cummins Unit houses the State of Arkansas execution chamber. Male death row inmates are located at the Arkansas Department of Correction Varner Unit's Supermax, while the executions are performed at the Cummins Unit, adjacent to Varner. [12] The female death row is located at the McPherson Unit. In 1999 the female death row was newly ...
At one time the State of Arkansas housed all young male offenders in the state prison system in Varner. While this was the case, Correction Officers and prisoners nicknamed the facility the "Gladiator School." [10] On Friday August 22, 2003, all 39 Arkansas death row inmates were moved from the Maximum Security Unit to the Supermax at the ...
The last double execution in Arkansas was on September 8, 1999. [31] By conducting the double execution in 2017, Arkansas became the first U.S. state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years. The last state to do so was Texas, which executed two murderers in August 2000.
Shortly after the death penalty order, the state high court announced a pause in executions until resolving a request by death row inmates, including Owens, to set at least a 13-week interval ...
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions , the information may become outdated.
Shortly after the death penalty order, the state high court announced a pause in executions until resolving a request by death row inmates, including Owens, to set at least a 13-week interval ...