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Court blocks Arkansas from using lethal injection drug
By Ralph Ellis, CNN
Updated 10:48 PM ET, Fri April 14, 2017

(CNN)Plans by Arkansas to execute a group of inmates before the end of the month ran into more problems Friday.

Pulaski County Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order that stops the state from using a certain drug for lethal injections. The supplier of the drug argued it wasn't supposed to be used for capital punishment.

It's unclear what effect the ruling will have on the state's plans to execute the men.

Arkansas originally wanted to execute eight men between April 17 and April 27, before its supply of a lethal injection drugs expires at the end of April -- a plan that triggered outrage among capital punishment opponents.

Judges have already blocked two executions, though not because of the lethal injection issue. One of the executions was scheduled to happen Monday.

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/14/us/arkansas-execution-blocked/index.html




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