A federal judge in Arkansas issued an injunction Saturday halting the lethal injection of nine inmates.
The injunction represents the latest legal setback in the state's attempt to execute the inmates -- eight of whom were originally scheduled to be put to death by the end of April.
A court must now decide whether lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said she plans to appeal the decision.
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