The injunction represents the latest legal setback in the state of Arkansas' attempt to execute the inmates - eight of whom were originally scheduled to be put to death by the end of April.
According to Amnesty International, death sentences in sub-Saharan Africa “rose from 443 in 2015 to at least 1,086 in 2016, mainly due to an increase in Nigeria which handed down more death sentences this year than any other country except China.”
