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The only woman on the state's death row bases challenge on the U.S. and Tennessee constitutions and her ‘unique medical conditions’
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Working against the clock, attorneys wage a multifront campaign against the state and Gov. Bill Lee
New dates — including one for death row’s only woman — all come in 2026, with one more execution still to be carried out this year
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Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without deactivating it
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In March of 1988, Black shot his girlfriend and her two daughters; under today’s standard he would not be eligible for the death penalty
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Smith, who was convicted of the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons, was put to death by lethal injection Thursday morning, marking the return of the state’s death penalty
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Oscar Smith and Byron Black could be executed before a court reviews Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol
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Reduced guidelines withhold key aspects of the process from the public
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With new lethal injection protocol in place, state Supreme Court sets new slate beginning in May
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Former Scene reporter Steven Hale’s new book about Tennessee’s death row is out March 26
