A Pine Bluff Democrat filed legislation Monday to do away with the death penalty in Arkansas.
House Bill 2103, by state Rep. Vivian Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, asserts the state's highest form of punishment is "unfair and arbitrary."
The bill simply removes references to "death by lethal injection" in Arkansas sentencing statutes, replacing it with "life imprisonment."
Arkansas has not executed anyone since 2005. Gov. Asa Hutchinson has scheduled eight executions for April.
-- John Moritz
