THE LATEST: ARKANSAS AG DISPUTES EXECUTION CLAIMS
Source: Associated Press
Apr 24, 9:57 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The Latest on Arkansas' attempt to carry out the nation's first double execution since 2000 (all times local):
8:40 p.m.
Arkansas' attorney general is disputing claims that inmate Jack Jones may have suffered during his execution Monday night.
A federal judge issued a temporary stay for another inmate, Marcel Williams. Williams' attorneys said in court papers that Jones moved his lips and was "gulping for air" after the first drug was administered.
In a court filing, the attorney general's office said that account was "inaccurate" and "utterly baseless."
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