Legal Opinion
Jack Jones, Jr. v. Wendy Kelley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2017No. 17-1849PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Jack Harold Jones, Jr. appeals the district court’s 1 order denying a preliminary injunction, and he moves for a stay of his execution scheduled for tonight, April 24, 2017. Jones argues that, because of his specific medical conditions, the administration of the Arkansas Department of Correction’s (“ADC”) lethal-injection protocol will inflict cruel and unusual punishment on him in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We affirm the district court’s order and deny his motion for a stay.
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On June 6, 1995, Jones entered an accounting office where Mary Phillips worked as a bookkeeper. On this day,…
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