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executions

Tennessee corrections chief says new process for executing inmates will be completed by end of year

By Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

October 9, 2024

The announcement signals a pending end to the yearslong pause that was put in place after a blistering report revealed that the state had conducted several executions without proper testing of the drugs used.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, death penalty, execution, executions

Executions will remain on hold until the state fixes its lethal injection protocol, says Gov. Lee

By Anna Gallegos-Cannon

January 6, 2023

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Inmates on death row in Tennessee were granted reprieve on Friday when Gov. Bill Lee announced that the state’s highest court will not reschedule executions, for now.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, News Hits, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: death penalty, death row, execution, executions, lethal injection

Tennessee’s lethal injection chemicals haven’t been tested properly for years, according to third party review

By Marianna Bacallao

December 28, 2022

Gov. Bill Lee is changing the way Tennessee carries out its executions, following an independent review of the state’s lethal injections.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, death penalty, execution, executions, lethal injection

Police shootings, executions on hold and guns in cars: WPLN’s top criminal justice stories

By Paige Pfleger

December 19, 2022

Tennessee’s criminal justice system has topped several lists this year — largely for lagging behind the rest of the country in reforms. WPLN’s Paige Pfleger picked three stories that defined the beat this year.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: criminal justice, executions, juvenile justice, MNPD, top stories 2022, wpln news

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