With the clock ticking, Arkansas officials are fighting to carry out an unprecedented seven executions in 10 days and battling a flurry of court rulings that have thrown up roadblocks just in the last few days. A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked plans by the state to push through the executions, claiming that Arkansas’ rush to execute is reckless and unconstitutional. “Appellees have had multiple opportunities to challenge their convictions, sentences, and – critically – their method of execution,” Rutledge said in a court brief. The death row inmates scheduled for execution are all men -- four are black, three are white and all were convicted of murder. Protesters started flooding the state capitol in Little Rock on Friday to urge Hutchinson to block the executions.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2017 16:14 UTC