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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-507

Failure to execute on appointed day

Crim

(1) Whenever a judgment of death has not been executed on the day appointed therefor by the court from any cause whatever, the Governor shall fix the day of execution by a warrant under his or her hand and seal of the state.

(2) The warrant shall be obeyed by the Director of the Department of Correction and no one but the Governor may then suspend the execution.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.