Arkansas executed two condemned murderers Monday night, becoming the first state in 17 years to carry out two death sentences in one day. Williams' execution had been delayed for two hours after a federal judge in Little Rock issued an emergency stay over concerns about how Jones' execution was carried out. The last state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day was Texas, which executed two killers in August 2000. Arkansas executed four men in an eight-day period in 1960. "After more than 20 years, justice has prevailed for the family of Stacey Errickson," Hutchinson said in a statement after Williams' death.

Source: Fox News April 25, 2017 01:52 UTC