Target: Judge Alice Gray, Pulaski County Circuit Court
Goal: Support the court decision to stay slew of Arkansas executions.
Many have voiced concern and protest, including this petition at ForceChange, about a spate of eight executions in Arkansas set to take place over just 11 days, before the expiration date of one of the lethal injection drugs. Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Alice Gray has ruled to effectively stay all of the executions, because of concerns of how the state obtained one of the three drugs it uses in lethal injections.
The drug, vecuronium bromide, is not the same drug that will expire at the end of the month. However, medical supply company McKesson Corp. claimed that the state obtained the drug under false pretenses. The company was told the drug would only be used in its proper medicinal way in prison health clinics, meaning that the state deliberately circumvented them in order to use the drug for executions. Sign below to support this court ruling to block these dangerous and even potentially illegal executions.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Judge Gray,
The decision to stay the eight rapid-fire executions scheduled in Arkansas was the right one. It is dangerous and irresponsible to plan a slew of executions in only 11 days simply because a lethal injection drug is going to expire.
Additionally, the fact that one drug, vecuronium bromide, was essentially illegally obtained by the state for this purpose could not be allowed to stand. Thank you for upholding the laws of our country, and for protecting its citizens with your ruling.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Josh Rushing
