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Tennessee’s third execution of 2025 came with controversies over method, and Gov. Lee denying clemency despite moral and religious appeals
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Intervention from courts or governor unlikely five years after pandemic delay
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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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Former Scene reporter Steven Hale’s new book about Tennessee’s death row is out March 26
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With his legal options exhausted, Burns builds a church on death row
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After botched protocols in the execution of Oscar Smith, the state pauses to reconsider its methods
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'Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection,' Thursday's planned execution will not move forward as planned
