“Starr plays key role in bringing Supreme Court Justice Thomas to MCC”: Phillip Ericksen of The Waco Tribune-Herald has this report.

“Federal judge issues order blocking Arkansas executions; Arkansas attorney general plans ‘immediate’ appeal, spokesman says”: Gavin Lesnick and Emma Pettit of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette have this report.

And Alan Blinder of The New York Times reports that “Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Executions.”