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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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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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 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 ...
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 ...
Law letting Tennessee attorney general argue certain capital cases is constitutional, court rules
A Tennessee appeals court has ruled that a state law giving the appointed state attorney general authority to argue certain ...
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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 ...
Tennessee Court upholds attorney general's role in death penalty case
Senator Brent Taylor celebrated the court's ruling, viewing it as an important step in protecting the death penalty in TN.
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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New Supreme Court session starts Monday: Here's what's on the docket
President Joe Biden in July unveiled a proposal for changes at the Supreme Court. Biden is calling on Congress to establish term limits and an ethics code for the court’s nine justices. Jeremy ...