Arkansas executes 2 inmates on the same gurney, hours apart

Published April 25, 2017 4:17am ET



VARNER, Ark. — Two inmates received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night about three hours apart as Arkansas completed the nation’s first double execution since 2000, just days after the state ended a nearly 12-year hiatus on administering capital punishment.

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