Minutes after the US Supreme Court prevented the state of Arkansas from executing a death row inmate Monday, state Attorney General Leslie Rutledge vowed just after midnight to proceed with two other executions as part of the state's original plan to kill eight death row inmates in 11 days."The families have waited far too long to see justice, and I will continue to make that a priority," Rutledge said in a statement.It was a long day for Rutledge (pictured above) and the inmates' attorneys, who have been battling in state and federal court since Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in February that the state would speed up executions before its supply of the controversial lethal injection drug midazolam runs out at the end of April.Continue reading on VICE News.