- Jan 13, 2009
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Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee in the US state's first use of the death penalty in 12 years.
It came after the US Supreme Court rejected a challenge arguing Arkansas was unfairly rushing several executions before its supply of a lethal injection drug expires at the end of April.
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He had been on death row for more than 20 years after he was convicted of beating Debra Reese to death with a tyre thumper in 1993.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39662139
It came after the US Supreme Court rejected a challenge arguing Arkansas was unfairly rushing several executions before its supply of a lethal injection drug expires at the end of April.
...
He had been on death row for more than 20 years after he was convicted of beating Debra Reese to death with a tyre thumper in 1993.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39662139