The bill also adds wording that if a method of execution is ruled unconstitutional by a judge the death sentence conviction "shall not be reduced ... The last time Arkansas executed any prisoners ...

Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.

Henry McMaster to reduce his sentence to life in prison without parole just minutes before his scheduled execution time. He is to be put to death with three bullets to the heart at 6 p.m. on April ...

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences ...