April 29, 2017 Arkansas boy, 9, missing after mother and baby sister found dead in woods Search teams in western Arkansas were scouring Saturday for any sign of a 9-year-old boy missing for nearly a week -- as investigators found the bodies of at least three relatives killed, including his mother and baby sister.
April 29, 2017 Writhing and gasping: AP reporters view problem executions The sedative midazolam is supposed to prevent condemned prisoners from suffering while they die, but opponents say several problematic executions involving the drug are evidence that it does not work consistently.
April 29, 2017 Arkansas will face challenges replenishing execution supply Experts say Arkansas will have a harder time getting more lethal injection drugs after an unprecedented court challenge by a drug distributor and possible complications during at least one of the four executions the state carried out this month.
April 29, 2017 2nd relative of missing Arkansas children is found dead Arkansas authorities say the great-uncle of two missing children has been found dead in his home not far from where the body of the children's mother was found in a creek earlier this week.
April 28, 2017 Arkansas gov rejects call for probe after inmate convulses during execution The fourth death row inmate executed in Arkansas in eight days lurched and convulsed before he died, witnesses said, prompting critics and the man's legal team to demand an investigation Friday, which the state's governor rejected.
April 28, 2017 The Latest: ACLU: Did Arkansas torture death row inmate? The Latest on the final execution in Arkansas before the state's supply of a lethal injection drug expires at the end of the month (all times local): 6:25 a.m.
April 28, 2017 Arkansas prepares to wrap up aggressive execution schedule Arkansas will reach the end of an aggressive execution schedule Thursday as it prepares for a fourth lethal injection in eight days after initially planning twice as many over an 11-day period.
April 28, 2017 New scrutiny of timeline after Arkansas executes 4th inmate The last of four Arkansas executions over an eight-day period has prompted calls for investigations after the inmate lurched and convulsed while strapped to the gurney.
April 28, 2017 The 4 inmates put to death in Arkansas over 8 days Arkansas executed a fourth inmate in eight days.
April 28, 2017 Timeline of latest Arkansas execution from AP reporter Witnesses say an Arkansas inmate who was the last in the state to be put to death before one of the state's lethal injection drugs expires lurched and convulsed on the gurney before he died Thursday night.
