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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/04/14/arkansas-plans-to-execute-7-men-in-11-days-theyre-likely-to-botch-one/', 55)                                              | Experts , including former prison wardens and executioners , have written a letter of concern about the " assembly line " plan , which >>>they argue<<< makes mistakes more likely , given the stress and trauma that executions impose on corrections staff .                         |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/17/what-we-have-here-is-a-failure-to-communicate-georgia-carries-out-its-first-execution-this-year/', 38)                    | It was >>>a frantic , unprecedented execution schedule<<< officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired .                                                                                                                                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/13/in-a-shift-the-u-s-was-not-among-the-worlds-leaders-in-executions-last-year/', 14)                                        | In a statement accompanying its death-penalty survey , Amnesty — which opposes capital punishment — noted with some apprehension the spate of executions scheduled for this month in Arkansas , which plans to carry out >>>an unprecedented seven lethal injections over 11 days<<< . |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/14/arkansas-judge-prohibits-state-from-using-lethal-injection-drug-blocking-scheduled-executions/', 2)                       | Two judges issued separate orders temporarily blocking Arkansas from carrying out >>>a series of executions scheduled to begin<<< next week , throwing into question whether the state would be able to carry out some or any of the lethal injections as planned .                    |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/14/arkansas-judge-prohibits-state-from-using-lethal-injection-drug-blocking-scheduled-executions/', 8)                       | The state 's original plan to >>>execute eight inmates over 11 days<<< , an unprecedented schedule in the modern era of the American death penalty , has drawn national scrutiny and prompted criticism from former correction officials .                                             |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/14/arkansas-judge-prohibits-state-from-using-lethal-injection-drug-blocking-scheduled-executions/', 18)                      | All of the inmates are men , and >>>all were convicted of capital murder<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/14/arkansas-supreme-court-stays-one-of-the-states-seven-scheduled-executions/', 2)                                           | Days before Arkansas is set to begin >>>an unprecedented series of lethal injections<<< , the state 's Supreme Court on Friday granted an emergency stay of execution for one of the first inmates scheduled to die .                                                                  |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/14/drug-companies-take-aim-at-arkansas-executions-and-demand-lethal-injection-drugs-back/', 5)                               | As Arkansas prepares to carry out >>>an unprecedented string of executions<<< beginning next week , the state is facing new criticism over the lethal injection drugs it plans to use , along with questions from pharmaceutical companies about how the drugs were obtained .         |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/17/arkansas-fights-to-carry-out-unprecedented-wave-of-executions/', 11)                                                      | The fights have centered on >>>an unprecedented flurry of executions<<< that have pushed Arkansas to the forefront of the American death penalty at a time when states are increasingly retreating from the practice .                                                                 |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/17/arkansas-fights-to-carry-out-unprecedented-wave-of-executions/', 63)                                                      | Some relatives of victims of those killed said they support the executions after long waits ; each of the eight men slated to die >>>was convicted of capital murder<<< , and all were sentenced by the year 2000 .                                                                    |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/18/after-3-executions-are-blocked-arkansas-shifts-focus-to-carrying-out-5-other-death-sentences-this-month/', 6)             | The state entered this week hoping to begin a planned flurry of executions with no parallel in the modern death penalty era , scheduling >>>eight lethal injections for a period of 11 days<<< .                                                                                       |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/18/after-3-executions-are-blocked-arkansas-shifts-focus-to-carrying-out-5-other-death-sentences-this-month/', 13)            | Hutchinson 's >>>original timeline of executions has drawn sharp criticism<<< from attorneys for the inmates as well as former corrections officials who worry it heightens the odds of a mistake .                                                                                    |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/19/arkansas-courts-stay-execution-block-state-from-using-lethal-injection-drug/', 7)                                         | Gov. Asa Hutchinson ( R ) originally >>>scheduled eight executions in 11 days<<< , an unprecedented pace , which drew national scrutiny and criticism .                                                                                                                                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/19/arkansas-courts-stay-execution-block-state-from-using-lethal-injection-drug/', 9)                                         | Arkansas officials have defended the scheduling as needed because one of their lethal injection drugs is set to expire on April 30 , arguing they have an obligation to carry out lawful sentences for >>>inmates convicted of capital murder<<< .                                     |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/20/arkansas-plan-to-resume-executions-is-blocked-by-new-court-orders/', 4)                                                   | Arkansas late Thursday night carried out the state 's >>>first execution in more than a decade<<< after the U.S. Supreme Court , in a last-minute series of orders , rejected requests by a death-row inmate to stay his lethal injection .                                            |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/20/arkansas-plan-to-resume-executions-is-blocked-by-new-court-orders/', 5)                                                   | The execution followed a wave of criticism and tumult in Arkansas , which had set >>>an unprecedented scheduled of executions<<< , plans that were imperiled by a round of court orders halting at least some of the eight lethal injections originally set for April .                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/20/arkansas-plan-to-resume-executions-is-blocked-by-new-court-orders/', 47)                                                  | Earlier this year , Gov. Asa Hutchinson ( R ) scheduled >>>eight executions over 11 days in April<<< , a pace unmatched for the modern American death penalty .                                                                                                                        |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/21/arkansas-executed-one-death-row-inmate-three-more-executions-are-planned-this-month/', 6)                                 | Arkansas has been the center of a frenzied battle over the death penalty since authorities there announced plans to execute >>>eight inmates during an 11-day span<<< ending next Thursday .                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/21/arkansas-executed-one-death-row-inmate-three-more-executions-are-planned-this-month/', 64)                                | >>>With lethal injection drugs expiring , Arkansas planned an unprecedented wave of executions<<<                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/24/arkansas-prepares-for-the-countrys-first-back-to-back-executions-in-almost-two-decades/', 12)                             | Arkansas hoped this month to resume executions by carrying out >>>eight death sentences in 11 days<<< , an unprecedented schedule that has been thwarted by court orders blocking half of those lethal injections .                                                                    |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/24/arkansas-prepares-for-the-countrys-first-back-to-back-executions-in-almost-two-decades/', 57)                             | Hutchinson set >>>eight executions to occur in pairs<<< — back-to-back on four nights spread out over this week and last — and while most executions occur with little public notice , the timetable in Arkansas drew unusual attention and some criticism .                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/an-arkansas-death-row-inmate-took-their-fathers-life-heres-why-they-dont-want-the-killer-executed/', 6)                   | Nearly two decades later , Williams , 38 , is scheduled to die by lethal injection , >>>the last in a flurry of executions Arkansas scheduled this month<<< before one of its drugs expires .                                                                                          |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/an-arkansas-death-row-inmate-took-their-fathers-life-heres-why-they-dont-want-the-killer-executed/', 8)                   | Genie >>>plans to attend<<< the lethal injection .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/arkansas-readies-to-carry-out-last-planned-execution-before-drugs-expire/', 4)                                            | Arkansas executed a death-row inmate late Thursday in the state 's fourth lethal injection in eight days , concluding >>>a frantic execution schedule<<< officials said was necessary to carry out death sentences before one of their drugs expired .                                 |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/arkansas-readies-to-carry-out-last-planned-execution-before-drugs-expire/', 19)                                           | The state had planned >>>an unprecedented wave of executions<<< , though court orders ultimately blocked half of the scheduled lethal injections , including a second that had also been scheduled for Thursday night .                                                                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/arkansas-readies-to-carry-out-last-planned-execution-before-drugs-expire/', 55)                                           | The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of the drug in Oklahoma 's protocol in 2015 , >>>just days<<< before Arkansas obtained its stock of the drug .                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/arkansas-readies-to-carry-out-last-planned-execution-before-drugs-expire/', 64)                                           | Hutchinson had originally >>>set eight executions to occur during an 11-day span<<< , a timetable without equal in the modern history of the death penalty in the United States , sparking concerns about the pace and the possibility of mistakes .                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/05/06/the-steady-decline-of-americas-death-rows/', 4)                                                                           | When the state of Arkansas announced plans to carry out >>>eight executions in an 11-day period in April<<< , it drew intense international scrutiny that flared until well after the final lethal injection in the series at the end of the month .                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/12/why-the-u-s-could-see-more-executions-this-year/', 57)                                                                    | Arkansas drew international attention in April when >>>it carried out its first execution since 2005<<< .                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/12/why-the-u-s-could-see-more-executions-this-year/', 59)                                                                    | Arkansas , by comparison , was thrust into the spotlight when it >>>scheduled eight executions during a period of 11 days<<< , a tight schedule the state said was necessary because some of its execution drugs were set to expire and more could not be guaranteed .                 |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/26/ohio-prepares-to-resume-executions-seeking-to-end-three-year-lull/', 44)                                                  | Much like Ohio , Arkansas was resuming executions after a years-long lull , hurrying to >>>schedule an unprecedented eight lethal injections in 11 days<<< .                                                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/22/missouri-plans-to-execute-marcellus-williams-as-his-attorneys-say-dna-evidence-exonerates-him/', 70)                      | >>>Arkansas planned an unprecedented wave of executions because its lethal drugs were about to expire<<<                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/08/09/tennessee-plans-to-execute-killer-with-controversial-drug-that-justice-sotomayor-said-could-inflict-torturous-pain/', 48) | Officials said that frantic pace was necessary because >>>their stock of Midazolam<<< — acquired just days after the Supreme Court ruling upheld Oklahoma 's protocol in 2015 — was about to expire .                                                                                  |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/04/17/arkansas-supreme-court-removes-arkansas-judge-from-death-penalty-cases-after-protests/', 3)                         | The state had >>>planned to conduct<<< seven executions in a span of 11 days .                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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