... constitutional, lawyers for four death-row inmates claim. In a filing to U.S. District Court, federal public defender Julie Brain cites several executions when witnesses either heard condemned inmates groan or medical teams failed to properly start ...

... cut-down procedure on part of the skin from his right arm to find a vein for the IV line. 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 ...

... County Circuit Court, claiming changes to the state's execution protocols came without public inspection and comment. Julie Brain, a federal public defender representing Williams, declined to comment Friday. Arkansas has executed 27 death-row ...

... Nooner appeared before the board in white prison uniform and shackled at his wrists and ankles. Federal public defender Julie Brain said he suffered mental illness, reflected in lawsuits he filed on his own behalf. In the Jefferson County lawsuits ...