U.S. Senator and Tennessee governor hopeful Marsha Blackburn is calling for the state to use the electric chair for executions.
Tennessee’s execution failures need reform, public defender says
The federal public defender’s office in Middle Tennessee is calling for substantial reforms to Tennessee’s lethal injection process.
Gov. Lee halts execution, orders third-party review following Pike’s failed lethal injection
Tennessee’s governor is ordering a comprehensive review of Tennessee’s second botched execution this year.
After failed execution, health workers say Tennessee’s rules flout medical ethics
As another death row inmate’s execution arrives, doctors and nurses in Tennessee say they want medical professionals removed from the execution process.
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal.
Special Master declines intervention in Christa Pike execution
After several days of hearings, the Tennessee Supreme Court’s investigator issued a report saying death row inmate Christa Pike failed to convince him the state’s execution process would violate her constitutional rights.
NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee’s execution methods
In Tennessee, where is the line between necessary punishment and cruelty? Plus, the local news roundup for Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
Tennessee executes Anthony Darrell Hines
Tennessee executed Anthony “Darrell” Hines on Thursday morning. He was convicted of murder for the 1985 killing of Catherine Jean Jenkins.
3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010
Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates on the same day this week. That would make Thursday the first time in nearly 16 years that three executions occur on the same day in the U.S. Robin Maher from the Death Penalty Information Center notes that a small number of states drive execution numbers.
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