Rapid-response groups chase reports of detentions, but local and state law enforcement deny involvement
Steven Hale
Staff Writer
Intervention from courts or governor unlikely five years after pandemic delay
Grant from state to Nashville Downtown Partnership for security uses is likely to be deferred after negative council feedback
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
Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without deactivating it
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
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
Citing Trump administration’s willingness to defy courts, mayor says ‘guardrails’ may not be enough to implement a contract with Fusus
With new lethal injection protocol in place, state Supreme Court sets new slate beginning in May