Arkansas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

08/21/2025

Thank you, Arkansas faith leaders, for denouncing the death penalty.

A delegation of Arkansas faith leaders will gather at the state capitol in Little Rock on Thursday, August 21, 2025, to call on Governor Sanders to investiga...

03/06/2025

Nitrogen suffocation passed in the Arkansas House today. It now goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Please contact state legislators to share your concerns.

This site is maintained by the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept., and is the official website of the Arkansas General Assembly.

03/05/2025

Nitrogen suffocation passed in the Arkansas House today. It goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee now.

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This site is maintained by the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept., and is the official website of the Arkansas General Assembly.

02/27/2025

Arkansas HB1489 proposes nitrogen suffocation as a method of ex*****on — condemned by the UN as "State-sanctioned torture." Witnesses describe it as a brutal, inhumane process lasting over 20 minutes. Please contact your state representative to voice your opposition. Switchboard 501-682-6211 between 8:30 and 4:30 and email your representative here.

This site is maintained by the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept., and is the official website of the Arkansas General Assembly.

02/25/2025

House Judiciary members

02/25/2025

HB1489 will be heard this Thursday at 10. Call House switchboard at 501-682-6211 between 8:30 and 4:30, email members & attend if you can.

This site is maintained by the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept., and is the official website of the Arkansas General Assembly.

02/19/2025

Arkansas HB1489 would add nitrogen suffocation to Arkansas's methods of ex*****on. This is brutal and has been declared inhumane by the United Nations and veterinarians. HB1489 is to be heard in the House Judiciary committee tomorrow at 10 a.m. Reach out to members of the committee now and tell them your views.

This site is maintained by the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept., and is the official website of the Arkansas General Assembly.

09/28/2024

We acknowledge that so many people are grieving the ex*****on (state sanctioned murder) of Marcellus Khaliifah Williams. We are grieving as well.

We invite you to come share space with us this Sunday (9/29) at the Arkansas State Capitol at 6pm. We will have a community grief space to practice healing justice and uplift each other. We will remember the life of Mr. Williams and other who have been murdered by the state.

We will provide candles. We ask you to bring flowers and signs.

09/24/2024

Despite protestations from the prosecutor’s office that sent him to death row and anti-death penalty advocates, as well as calls for clemency from the victim’s family and two men famously convicted by the Missouri justice system for murders they did not commit, the state executed Marcellus Williams late Tuesday afternoon. READ MORE: https://tinyurl.com/3pcn935w

03/20/2024

REGISTER ON ZOOM BELOW to join us @ 7:00 PM (CDT) on Tuesday, March 26th, during Holy Week 2024, for an unscripted hybrid fireside chat between Rev. Jeff Hood and Kwami Abdul-Bey on the death penalty and the church, followed by an interactive community discussion with special guests.

Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood has accompanied five men to their ex*****ons in the past 15 months, and unless it is halted, will do so again for Michael Smith in Oklahoma on April 4, 2024.

The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood is regularly in the media. Many claim to know him, but most don't have a clue. Rather than believing the hype, this is your chance to hear it straight from the lips of the man who has lived it. Join us live from Little Rock, AR.

03/02/2023

TEXAS EX*****ON scheduled March 9.

There is danger in looking for God. For, sometimes in our looking we miss the finding.

It would be easy to walk away from this new exculpatory information that was shared with me. It would be harder to engage it. I looked deep into his eyes…a real human looked back.

So, I put my hand on the glass to give him a blessing. “See the Light. Become the Light. Be the Light.” With that, I told him I loved him and left. The last thing I saw was his smile.

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