Listen An East Tennessee man has been executed for the 1986 murder of a teenage girl and her mother. Thursday night, Stephen West became the third person in the state to be put to death in the electric chair in less than a year. The electrocutions have come amid questions about whether the alternative, lethal […]
Report: Tennessee Gun Deaths Are On The Rise
Listen A new report published Tuesday by the Safe Tennessee Project finds that gun deaths are on the rise in Tennessee and outpace the national average. The gun-control advocacy group says the state’s lenient gun laws could be partially to blame.
At The Nashville Jail, Inmates And Songwriters Come Together For A Day Of Music-Filled Healing
It’s a Tuesday morning in July, and Jacob Freudiger is sitting at an old wooden table, with a marbled notebook and pen at the ready. The 21-year-old,…
After Tennessee Prisons Official Was Killed, Suspected Inmate Is At Large
A senior Tennessee prisons employee has been killed, and an inmate on the loose is the suspect. Curtis Ray Watson escaped from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary on Wednesday and is still at large.
Cyntoia Brown, Now Free From Prison, Says She Wants To Help Other Victims Of Abuse
Cyntoia Brown was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women early Wednesday morning, after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man who solicited sex when she was a teenager. Brown says she hopes to dedicate her next chapter to mentoring girls who have suffered abuse.
Cyntoia Brown’s Release Raises Questions About Tennessee’s Strict Sentencing Rules
Cyntoia Brown will be released from prison Wednesday, having served 15 years for killing a man while a victim of sex trafficking as a teenager. Former Gov. Bill Haslam granted Brown full clemency in January, saying her life sentence was too harsh. Brown’s case raises questions about the state’s strict sentencing guidelines.
One Year After Daniel Hambrick Was Shot By A Police Officer, What’s Changed?
Listen The sun is starting to sink on a humid summer evening when a crowd of friends and family members link arms, holding candles. Drops of hot wax spill onto the grass at a park across the street from where Daniel Hambrick was shot one year ago.
Vecinos Impidieron Un Arresto De ICE En Su Comunidad. ¿Qué Pasa Ahora?
Read in English. En medio de redadas de inmigración a gran escala, agentes federales (ICE) llegaron a una subdivisión tranquila en Hermitage el lunes por la mañana para hacer un arresto. Videos en donde aparecían residentes y activistas locales haciendo una cadena humana para proteger a su vecino rápidamente se volvieron virales.
Neighbors Prevented An ICE Arrest In Their Community. But What Happens Now?
Listen Leer en español. Amid threats of large-scale raids, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up in a quiet Hermitage subdivision Monday morning to make an arrest. Videos soon went viral of residents and local activists forming a human chain to protect their neighbor.
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