While U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a temporary stay of Williams’ execution following the lawyers’ petition, she lifted the stay less than an hour later. But lawyers for Williams and the state appeared to disagree about what happened during Jones’ execution. There was no constitutional violation in Jones’ execution,” Arkansas Deputy Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni wrote in a petition. It continued: “Plaintiff’s account of Jones’ execution is inaccurate. Jones had been on death row for 22 years after he was convicted of the 1995 rape and murder of 34-year-old bookkeeper Mary Phillips in Bald Knob, Arkansas.

Source: Huffington Post April 25, 2017 02:58 UTC