LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After signing legislation allowing the use of nitrogen gas to put inmates to death, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Friday that she’s in no rush to resume executions within the state.
Sanders made the comments during a joint interview with The Associated Press and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, days after lawmakers wrapped up this year’s legislative session.
During Arkansas’s 95th General Assembly, few measures sparked more controversy than Gov. Sanders signing and approving nitrogen gas as a method of execution…