New DNA Test Casts Doubt on Guilty Verdict and Execution of Black Man in 2017
Ledell Lee was sentenced to death and executed, but an ACLU-sponsored DNA test revealed that prints on the murder weapon didn’t match. Ledell Lee maintained his innocence until his execution in 2017. (The Innocence Project)
Ledell Lee was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1993 murder of Debra Reese. Four years ago, in 2017, he was one of four inmates executed by the state of Arkansas before it had exhausted its supply of lethal injection chemicals. The 51-year-old maintained his innocence up to the day he was executed, according to THV11. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Innocence Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of Lee’s sister, Patricia Young, which resulted in the city of Jacksonville, AR ruling that new tests could be run on the evidence in his case.
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Arkansas becomes the first state to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth. Arkansas becomes the first state to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth. (Source: KARK) By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 5, 2021 at 1:05 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 6:53 PM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas House and Senate both voted to override Governor Asa Hutchinsonâs veto of HB1570, making the bill law.
Gov. Hutchinson vetoed HB1570 on Monday.
The Arkansas House voted 71-24 to override Hutchinsonâs veto, and the Arkansas Senate voted 25-8 with 2 âleave,â to override the veto.
Arkansas becomes the first state to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth.