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suspt that the stay that they ve entered here is to allow full consideration of this issue, which would contemplate 40 days worth of briefing, at least, and probably an oral argument. i think if they meant to do otherwise, they would have set a schedule out in the order they issued this afternoon. okay. can i also ask you what your understanding is of the legal fight right now over the use of these specific drugs? the state is planning on using a three-drug protocol. one of those drugs, midazolam is what led to the rush use of the state. they wanted to have all these excuse because midazolam was due to expire. but the drug that was the subject of this restraining order was not the midazolam. it was another drug that the drug company said they didn t consent to it being used in this way. they wanted it back from the state.

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they objected and asked for their drug back. theyay the state told them they would get the drug back. the drug would be returned to the company, but then apparently they renegged. and arkansas still planned on using their drug. so, the company has gone to the courts and tonight the court has issued a restraining order in their favor. it remains to be seen what will happen in arkansas. that execution spree in arkansas was supposed to start monday night. tonight those killings remain in question given the last-minute ruling from the arkansas judge and the two prisoners cases that have been ruled on separately and blocked as executions in separate cases. joining us now over the phone is scott braden, the attorney for one of the eight men in arkansas who was slated for execution oefrt next two weeks. his client was actually granted a stay by the courts tonight. mr. braden, thanks for joining us. i know it s a short-notice booking for you. thank you. thank you. let me make sure i have

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night. that state wants to kill two men a night on four separate nights for a total of eight executions in the span of ten days. nothing like that has happened since capital punishment was reinstated by the supreme court in the 1970s. we re not used to mass executions in this country. that was kroefrsal enough. as of this afternoon, two of the eight executions had already gotten themselves blocked by the courts. and now tonight a judge has just issued a temporary restraining order that apparently will block arkansas from using one of the three drugs they were planning on using to kill these men. it will block them from using a drug called vecuronium bromide. the company that makes it has asked the court to step in. the company is basically not consenting to the use of their drug for this purpose. for these executions. the company said when they realized what the state was planning to do with their drug,

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we talked about this last night. you probably heard about this in the news. arkansas has scheduled eight executions. they plan to kill eight prisoners over the course of ten days. their plan is to kill two men a night on four different nights over a ten-day period starting on monday. so far the courts have blocked two of the eight planned killings, including one of the executions that was planned to be on monday night. no state has done a mass execution like this since capital punishment was reinstated in the 1970s. arkansas has not executed anybody in 12 years. arkansas has never executed anybody ever with one of the drugs they are trying to rush to kill all these guys with. the idea of a doubleheader execution, even just one doubleheader execution, let alone four in a week and a half, that is something that other states with more experience in capital punishment, they have warned against doing that. they say trying to do two in one

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