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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 year

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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 executions.

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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 executions in the state more than two years ago after a report revealed Tennessee wasn't testing the lethal injection drugs as required by its own protocol.

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Tennessee's corrections chief balks at more oversight: 'I know how to run the prisons'

Advocates from several groups representing prison guards called for a system of accountability outside the state corrections department.

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TN corrections chief says new process for executing inmates to be completed by end of year

Tennessee’s corrections chief said Wednesday that the department expects to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year, signaling a possi

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Tennessee could resume executions by end of year

After a more than two-year pause, Tennessee could resume executing prisoners on death row by the end of this year, according ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Supreme Court’s conservatives wrestle with case of death row inmate Richard Glossip, who prosecutors want spared

The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with an appeal from an Oklahoma death row inmate who even the state’s conservative attorney general believes should not be executed, with some justices signaling a ...

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