Arkansas executes two on same gurney, hours apart

Arkansas has executed two death row inmates on the same gurney in a single day, marking the first double execution in the United States since 2000. On Monday, attempts by the inmates’ lawyers to halt their execution proved unsuccessful and both were put to death by lethal injection. Marcel Williams was pronounced dead at 10:33pm Monday, 17 minutes after the procedure began at the Cummins Unit in s