(AP) – Arkansas lawmakers are working on impeachment rules in
the wake of calls to remove a judge who participated in an anti-death penalty
demonstration after issuing an order blocking executions.
House Speaker Jeremy Gillam said Tuesday there are no plans in place to try to
impeach Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen. But the lawmaker says a
procedure needs to be in place if any future situation were to arise.
The proposed impeachment rules passed a House Rules Committee on Tuesday. The
plan is expected to go before the full House on Wednesday.
Griffen last week asked two disciplinary panels to investigate Arkansas’
attorney general and Supreme Court. The judge accuses both of violating ethics
rules for barring him from handling capital punishment cases as a result of his
demonstration.
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