- An Arkansas death row inmate convicted of killing a state legislator’s daughter was diagnosed with schizophrenia and should not be executed, his attorney told the state Supreme Court Thursday. Justices heard arguments over Karl Roberts’ appeal of his conviction and death sentence in the 1999 killing of his 12-year-old niece, Andi Brewer. Arkansas doesn’t have any executions scheduled and its supply of lethal injection drugs expired last year. The state has said it is not actively searching for lethal injection drugs. A separate lawsuit challenging the use of one of Arkansas’ lethal injection drugs is pending in federal court.

Source: thestar January 09, 2020 18:35 UTC