Faith Leaders Call on Arkansas Governor to Reconsider Use of Nitrogen Gas Executions

Faith leaders call on Arkansas governor to reconsider use of nitrogen gas executions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Faith leaders hand-delivered a letter to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office, asking her to investigate nitrogen gas executions as a form of torture. Gov. Sanders signed into law the legalization of using nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution during the last legislative session. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs nitrogen gas execution into law with additional bills Jacqui Buschor, past of Faith Lutheran Churc…

Faith leaders in Arkansas plead for Gov. Sanders to end nitrogen gas executions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTAL/KMSS) - Faith leaders of Arkansas join together to stop the use of the gas method in executions. A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal They are calling on Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to halt the new law that authorizes nitrogen gas executions for death row inmates. "We implore you to explore the realities of what suffocation by gas entails. The trauma,…

Arkansas Faith Leaders Urge Gov. Sanders Not to Restart Executions - Davis Vanguard

Arkansas faith leaders have urged Governor Sarah Sanders not to restart executions in the state, citing concerns about the use of gas asphyxiation and calling for the state to invest in programs that prevent crime and provide support for victims.

Faith Leaders Speak Against Death Penalty, Urge Arkansas Governor Not to Restart Executions - NEA Report

by Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas faith leaders petitioned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday not to restart executions in the state in light of a new law allowing the use of nitrogen gas suffocation for the death penalty. Seven clergy members of different Christian denominations held a news conference [read more...] The post Faith Leaders Speak Against Death Penalty, Urge Arkansas Governor Not to Restart Executions appeared first o…

‘Torturous and Inhumane’: Arkansas Religious Leaders Denounce Gas Suffocation Executions

On Thursday, a delegation of religious leaders from Arkansas gathered at the state capitol in Little Rock to implore Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders not to resume state-sanctioned executions — specifically those using the method of gas asphyxiation. The post ‘Torturous and Inhumane’: Arkansas Religious Leaders Denounce Gas Suffocation Executions appeared first on Word&Way.