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Capital punishment is legal in the U. S. state of Arkansas.

Since 1820, a total of 504 individuals have been executed.

According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of December 22, 2008, a total of 40 men were under a sentence of death in the state.

On June 22, 2012, the state supreme court ruled the current execution law unconstitutional because it let the executive branch decide on some execution issues that the legislature should have.