good evening and life from america s news headquarters. chaos at new york city s penn station. an unruly passenger is responsible for this scramble right here. a huge stampede started after a man was tased by amtrak police after getting up this train, stuck in a tunnel for more than two hours. people mistake the tasting as an active shooter. an arkansas judge is now blocking the state from using a lethal injection drug in an upcoming execution in six men. the state was rushing him because its supply of a sedative was due to expire by the end of april. arkansas has not executed an inmate since 2005 because of drug shortages and lethal challenges.
give clear witness to the value and dignity of every person s life. the outcry comes a day after kelly gissendaner became the first woman in 70 years to be executed in georgia. her children failed in their crusade for clemency. so we chose to try and save her life. and they still denied us. reporter: more than 50% of americans favor the death penalty, but that is a 40-year low. the number of executions has been falling every year for almost 20 years. and we are headed for a historic low in executions this year regardless of what happens in the next couple of days. reporter: the supreme court also appears divided. justice alito said contentious arguments over a lethal injection drug were a veiled attack against the death penalty. let s be honest what s happening here. is it important to the judiciary to countenance what amounts to a guerilla war against the death
set to execute a woman for the first time in 30 years. this is not the first time georgia has tried to execute her, i understand. that s correct. originally they tried to execute her in february. but a winter storm caused them to reschedule. then in march technicians noted the lethal injection drug turned cloudy for being stored at the wrong temperature. he was convicted of hiring a man to stab her husband to death. do you and doug have any marital problems? she said none whatsoever.
previous execution was delayed because the lethal injection drug appeared too cloudy. kate? any reaction to the fact that the pope intervened on this. we know he spoke last week about his opposition to the death penalty. was anyone expecting that letter? reporter: well, it s not unheard of for papal interventions, but the arch d dieio cease held a news conference about the letter that was written and they said this is something that is very important in the catholic church, especially following pope francis s visit to the u.s., calling for a worldwide ban on the death penalty. but this is not unheard of. pope john paul ii in the 90s was very outspoken against the death penalty. the parole board said it reviewed all the evidence and
but today, from the court, he filed this. a very unusual display of passion today in the courtroom. i can t remember the last type this happened and neither can anyone else around here. i mean, coming from anyone, that would be intriguing. coming from pete williams, that s like a flash bang grenade. he never says anything is a big deal. but what happened at the court today was kind of a big deal. at least it was strange. and it happened in the big death penalty case. this was the case about the specific lethal injection drug that was used in three different screwed up executions in three different states last year. in january last year, it was ohio. where a man was struggling and gasping and choking and heaving for more than 20 minutes. then three months later in april, it was in oklahoma. that s where it took more than 40 minutes, and again the guy was writhing and gasping and speaking when he was supposed to be unconscious. that s the one where they called off the execution in the mi