May 8, 2017 0 Judge Wendell Griffen Faces Impeachment for Protesting Against the Death PenaltyOn April 14, state Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order that effectively halted six of the executions over concerns the state used false pretenses to obtain a key drug slated to be used in the executions. READ MORE NEWS & VIEWS, PUBLIC LIFEArkansas, Death Penalty, Judge Wendell L. Griffen