Cody Rieck, a 21-year-old inmate, has participated in the Christmas photo program before and called it “heartwarming.” He said it makes him happy to be able to do something nice for his friends and family.
When the Arkansas Supreme Court stayed the executions of two of the eight men slated for April executions, Don Davis and Bruce Ward, it said it was awaiting guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McWilliams v. Dunn, the case it heard April 24.
In the wake of a deadly riot in a Brazilian jail, Pope Francis called for all prisons to offer dignified living conditions and be places for true rehabilitation.
