The state of Arkansas is planning to execute eight men within a 10-day period in April, which would be an unprecedented rate of executions in modern U.S. history. Arkansas has suspended executions since 2005, amid challenges in acquiring lethal injection drugs and lawsuits over the drugs used. Arkansas says it is rushing the executions because the state’s supply of the sedative midazolam will soon expire. Midazolam has been linked to painful, botched executions in Alabama and other states. In January, an Ohio judge ruled Ohio’s lethal injection process was unconstitutional because of its use of midazolam.