Arkansas
State update
Link to death penalty and execution statute
(Title 5: subtitle 1: chapter 4: subchapter 6; execution statute in particular is 5-4-617)
Date death penalty reenacted
March 23, 1973
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
Yes
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Grady (Women: Pine Bluff)
Clemency process
Governor has authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice of Board of Pardons and Paroles
Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)
Not specified
Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973
0
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
N/A
