Opinion: Kevin Burns should be out of Tennessee death row. Our new book tells his story
In this opinion essay, Pastor Kevin Riggs shares how he met death row inmate Kevin Burns and why they wrote a book together ...
The week in politics: Tennessee execution protocol nearly complete, prison chief says
After an extended review, Tennessee’s lethal injection protocols for executing death row inmates are expected to be complete by the end of this year, signaling the end of a two-year pause in ...
Tennessee corrections chief says new process for executing inmates will be completed by end of year
Tennessee’s corrections chief says the department is expected to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the ...
WATE Knoxville on MSN2d
Tennessee may soon resume executing death row inmates
Tennessee is expected to have protocols in place to resume executions by the end of this year. Governor Bill Lee paused all ...
The reasons why executions, death row delays continue in Tennessee two years later
Strada came to Tennessee in January 2023 from Arizona, where he left behind a broken executions process. Another cause for ...
Law letting Tennessee attorney general argue certain capital cases is constitutional, court rules
A Tennessee law giving the appointed state attorney general authority to argue certain death penalty cases and removing that ...
WTVF2d
More than two years later, death row executions remain paused in Tennessee. Here's why.
Since May 2022, Governor Lee has paused executions of death row inmates in Tennessee. TDOC says it's been working on ...
Nashville Scene1d
Fight Over Control of Death Row Cases Heads to Tennessee Supreme Court
A dispute between Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and locally elected district attorneys over who controls some ...
Tennessean21d
Christa Pike still on death row but out of 'solitary confinement' after court challenges
Tennessee still plans to execute Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, but it will afford her more time with other incarcerated women after 27 years of what her attorneys describe as de ...
Mena FN1mon
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Shares Story Of Innocence In New Book Preaches At Franklin, TN Church
Kevin Burns sits on Tennessee's death row awaiting execution. Maintaining his innocence, his only hope is a stay of execution issued by Tennessee's Governor. The system muzzles you, I did make ...
More than 2 years later, death row executions remain paused in TN. Here's why.
Since May 2022, Governor Lee has paused executions of death row inmates in Tennessee. TDOC says it's been working on ...
Tennessean25d
The reasons why executions, death row delays continue in Tennessee two years later
Smith is the oldest person on Tennessee's death row at 74, according to state data. He has been on death row since July 1990. The governor's last-minute intervention in Smith's case came after the ...