Arkansas Advocate: Attorneys for man accused of killing 2 hikers seek to bar prosecutor from seeking death penalty

Attorneys for the man charged with fatally stabbing two Arkansas hikers in front of their children accused the prosecutor Tuesday, February 24, 2026 of violating a gag order with a speech to a civic group and a video for his appeals court judge campaign.

The attorneys representing Andrew James McGann asked a judge to bar the prosecutor, Brandon Carter, from seeking the death penalty against McGann.

McGann was charged last year in the stabbing deaths of Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, while they were hiking in Devil’s Den State Park…

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