US EditionLongest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row dies from natural causes
- Bruce Ward, Arkansas' longest-serving death row inmate, died Tuesday at age 68, according to the Department of Corrections.
- Ward's death occurred while serving a sentence for the 1989 strangling of Rebecca Doss, who worked at a store.
- Authorities found Doss's body in the men's restroom of the Little Rock convenience store where she worked.
- Following his conviction in October 1990, Ward was scheduled for execution in 2017, but court decisions halted it.
- With Ward's death from natural causes, 24 inmates remain on death row; Don Davis is now the longest-serving.
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Longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row dies from natural causes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row, has died, the state Department of Corrections said. Ward was 68. The state Department of Corrections said Ward was pronounced dead Tuesday from natural causes. He had been held on death row at the Varner SuperMax unit in Gould, located 67 miles (108 kilometers) south of Little Rock. Ward was on death row for 35 years after being c…
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