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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 ...
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 ).
List of death row inmates in the United States; List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of most recent executions by jurisdiction; List of people executed in the United States in 2024; List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present; List of women executed in the United States since 1976
Arkansas death row inmate Ledell Lee maintained his innocence in the 1993 murder of Debra Reese up until his April 2017 execution.
Arkansas put a convicted killer to death Thursday night -- the last of a controversial series of executions carried out before its lethal drug expired.
Arkansas Christina Marie Riggs (September 2, 1971 – May 2, 2000) was convicted of the November 1997 murders of her two children, Justin Dalton Thomas (age 5) and Shelby Alexis Riggs (age 2). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Riggs was a licensed practical nurse , and she planned to kill the children with injections of drugs she obtained from her hospital.
Cummins housed Arkansas's male death row until 1986, when it was transferred first to the Tucker Maximum Security Unit. The State of Arkansas execution chamber is located in the Cummins Unit, adjacent to the location of the male death row, the Varner Unit. [10] The female death row is located at the McPherson Unit. [11]
As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...