... another legal challenge to the state's execution protocol pending in Pulaski County Circuit Court and a clemency request hearing scheduled for Aug. 4. Williams was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of Bradley farmer Clyde Spence.

... Federal public defender Julie Brain did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday. Only Williams, 42, faces a set execution date. He is scheduled to be executed Sept. 9 for the 1992 shooting death of Bradley farmer Clyde Spence.