The end of April is finally upon us, and with it, the expiration of Arkansas’s current supply of the lethal injection drug midazolam—a drug that has been behind many botched executions across the country. This month in Arkansas, it was a key component of the four executions that took place over a mere seven day period. Initially, the state set out to execute eight Death Row inmates over a span of ten days. By the end, they had executed half of them. Last night shortly after 11 PM, Kenneth Williams (aged 38) was the last to die, following a plea for mercy from the daughter of the man he had murdered. In a letter to Governor Asa Hutchinson, she wrote: “His execution will not bring my father back or return to us what has been taken, but it will cause additional suffering.” Unfortunately, the governor did not hear her plea. At 11 PM, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a final request to stay his execution, Kenneth Williams was put to death in a correctional facility in Arkansas. What happened this month has shone an even brighter light on this country’s use of the death penalty in the states where it’s legal—which currently, is most. In particular, it’s brought a lot of attention to the lethal injection drug midazolam, among others that can cause extreme discomfort during lethal injection (even during what death penalty advocates call otherwise “smooth” executions). Two major pharmaceutical companies have already spoken out on the use of their drugs in the execution process, and even brought the issue to court in an attempt to block their use for lethal injection entirely. Even though the state of Arkansas’s current supply of midazolam has expired, that doesn’t mean the practice of capital punishment is over. That’s why in the coming weeks, we’ll be reaching out to you again with the next steps for this campaign. We must continue standing up for inmates in Arkansas as well as across the US who face the death sentence and advocate for their rights—that includes rights to psychiatric evaluation, fair consideration of all evidence during a trial, and humane treatment. Please stay tuned, stay passionate, and stay involved—you are the roots of this grassroots movement.