(AP) – An Arkansas prisons spokesman says the first inmate
executed Monday night was speaking to the Arkansas Department of Correction
director shortly after his lethal injection began.Spokesman Solomon Graves says Jack Jones was talking to prisons director Wendy
Kelley at the start of his execution, which lasted 14 minutes. Shortly after
Jones’ execution ended, attorneys for another inmate set to die Monday argued in
a court filing that “Jones was moving his lips and gulping for air.”
executed Monday night was speaking to the Arkansas Department of Correction
director shortly after his lethal injection began.Spokesman Solomon Graves says Jack Jones was talking to prisons director Wendy
Kelley at the start of his execution, which lasted 14 minutes. Shortly after
Jones’ execution ended, attorneys for another inmate set to die Monday argued in
a court filing that “Jones was moving his lips and gulping for air.”
But Graves said it was his understanding that Jones “was apologizing to
Director Kelley and thanking her for the way she has treated him since she’s
been director.” The microphone was turned off in the death chamber at this point
so any comments were not audible to media witnesses.
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