WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: First AR Execution Since 2005 (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>And now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief,

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<v Speaker 1>exploring legal issues in the news. And Today, Bloomberg lahost

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<v Speaker 1>Jun Grasso and Michael Best discussed the latest developments in

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<v Speaker 1>Arkansas's efforts to execute a number of death row inmates

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<v Speaker 1>after the U. S. Supreme Court allowed the execution of

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<v Speaker 1>the del lee before life ending drugs expire at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of April. They speak with Robert Dunham, executive director

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<v Speaker 1>of the Death Penalty Information Center. Robert, let's start with

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<v Speaker 1>what the Supreme Court did last night. What did they

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<v Speaker 1>rule that allowed this execution to proceed. Well, they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>rule on anything of substance, but what they what they

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<v Speaker 1>said was that the executions could go forward. UH. They

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<v Speaker 1>declined to review UH the prisoners challenge to UH Arkansas's

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<v Speaker 1>lethal injection protocol, which is the three drug challenge. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>They declined to review UH their challenge to the clemency process,

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<v Speaker 1>and they declined through of view UH the challenge to

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<v Speaker 1>the execution schedule of all the executions in a in

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<v Speaker 1>a very short period of time, they will still be

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<v Speaker 1>conferencing emotion that was filed by all of the prisoners

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<v Speaker 1>UH challenging the entire execution process. So we'll have to

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<v Speaker 1>see what the court rules on that. What they essentially

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<v Speaker 1>did was, uh, they refused to intervene and they allowed

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<v Speaker 1>the execution to go forward. And that was the five

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<v Speaker 1>to four vote, and it was a long party lines

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<v Speaker 1>tell us what Justice Brier said. His bottom line was

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<v Speaker 1>he thought that the execution schedule was based on the

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<v Speaker 1>expiration date of the drug mendaslum uh. And he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I've long been concerned about the arbitrariness of capital punishment.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't seem to be much more arbitrary than this. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are basing when someone gets executed on when

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<v Speaker 1>an execution drug expires. Well, Robert, he was joined I

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<v Speaker 1>think by the three other more liberal just just is

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<v Speaker 1>in sort of dissenting. Doesn't that mean that there are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be four votes to review something here from Arkansas? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to say. You would think that there are

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<v Speaker 1>four justices who are interested in that, But when you

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<v Speaker 1>look closely at the stays, there are four who would

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<v Speaker 1>vote to grant to stay. On some of the other issues,

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<v Speaker 1>there were three and not four. But when when you

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<v Speaker 1>look at it, several of the justices said that they

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<v Speaker 1>would grant to stay in order to grant review. Uh

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<v Speaker 1>and two of them just said that they would grant

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<v Speaker 1>to stay, So we don't know for certain that they

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<v Speaker 1>would have said, let's hear the case. As Robert Dunham,

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<v Speaker 1>Executive director for the Death Penalty Information Center, speaking with

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Law host Jun Grasso and Michael Best. You can

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