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This photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Steven Dishman. The Arkansas prison escapee who had been on the run for more than three decades has been recaptured. The state Department of Corrections says Dishman was arrested Sunday, June 25, 2017, at a home in Springdale in northwest Arkansas by local law enforcement and state troopers (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Kenneth Williams. On Thursday, April 27, Williams lurched and convulsed 20 times during a lethal injection execution that began with midazolam. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Kenneth Williams, who was executed with the use of the sedative midazolam on April 27, 2017, in Varner, Ark. During the execution, Williams' chest leaped forward against the leather restraint that secured him to the stainless steel gurney. Fifteen times came in quick succession, followed by five more at a slower pace. A coroner pronounced Williams dead 13 minutes after the execution began. Questions about whether midazolam can prevent prisoners from suffering while they die have persisted since several states in 2014 began using the drug as part of their lethal injection protocols. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Jack Jones, who was executed with the use of the sedative midazolam on April 24, 2017., in Varner, Ark. During Jones' 14-minute execution, his chest rose and fell intermittently for the first several minutes, and a prison official several times touched Jones' face and put a tongue depressor in the inmate's mouth. Questions about whether midazolam can prevent prisoners from suffering while they die have persisted since several states in 2014 began using the drug as part of their lethal injection protocols. (Arkansas Department of Correction via AP)
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FILE - This combination of file photos shows one of the three drugs that the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) purchased to perform several executions. The top photo, provided by the ADC, shows a bottle of Midazolam, with the manufacturer's information blacked out by the ADC. The bottom photo, provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, shows the label for Midazolam. Arkansas has executed three inmates in the past week using midazolam, a sedative that’s been the subject of multiple court challenges since it was first used by Florida in 2013. (Arkansas Department of Correction/FDA via AP, File)
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FILE - This combination of file photos shows one of the three drugs that the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) purchased to perform several executions. The top photo, provided by the ADC, shows a bottle of Midazolam, with the manufacturer's information blacked out by the ADC. The bottom photo, provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, shows the label for Midazolam. London-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals, whose American subsidiary West-Ward Pharmaceuticals makes the drug, has said that it does not want its drugs to be used for executions. (Arkansas Department of Correction/FDA via AP)
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This 2013 file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Don William Davis, who had been scheduled for execution Monday, April 17, 2017. (Arkansas Department of Correction, via AP, File)
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This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Bruce Earl Ward, who has been scheduled for execution April 17, 2017. The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted the execution of Ward, one of two inmates facing lethal injection Monday under the state's multiple execution plan. Justices on Friday, April, April 14,2017, issued a stay in the execution of Bruce Ward, one of seven inmates the state plans to put to death before the end of the month. (Arkansas Department of Correction, via AP File)
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FILE - This July 30, 2012 photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows death row inmate Jerry Lard in Varner, Ark. The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction against Lard who was sentenced to death for fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop in northeast Arkansas. (AP Photo/Arkansas Department of Correction, File)
