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Smith's execution draws attention to the disproportion of capital punishment among Black people, drug users and those with intellectual disabilities.

Tennessee has set three new execution dates for inmates in 2022, driving the total number of executions planned this year to five.

The appeals are over, and so i have a responsibility as governor -- the most serious one that i can imagine -- to set these exing cushion dates. execution dates. >> reporter: but arkansas decision to execute so many in such a short amount of time has drawn fierce criticism, and as protests have grown weve seen celebrities get involved like johnny depp. >> this theres a wrong thing t, theres a right thing to do, and the right thing must be done. >> reporter: since the supreme court reinstated the...