A coalition of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging that state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media’s access to the entire process when inmates are put to death.
Attorney says electrocardiogram at Tennessee execution was active after inmate was pronounced dead
An attorney for a recently executed Tennessee inmate says an electrocardiogram showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two minutes after Byron Black was pronounced dead. Attorneys for the state say requiring members of the execution team to testify risks exposing their identities, even if their faces are hidden and their voices disguised.
Tennessee Supreme Court schedules four executions for 2026
The Tennessee Supreme Court has scheduled four more executions, even as questions linger about a lethal injection in August.
Autopsy sheds light on Byron Black’s painful execution
For the first time since Tennessee adopted a new lethal injection protocol, a post-execution autopsy has been released. It shows that Byron Black developed pulmonary edema — a form of lung damage.
TDOC pushback on execution court order amounts to ‘passive aggression,’ judge says
It appeared the intense debate was over when a judge ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to disable a death row inmate’s heart implant before his execution. But now, the department is arguing it can’t comply.
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