NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state’s top prison officials said they aren’t going to release the document to the ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction on Thursday released a redacted version of the new lethal injection protocol it ...

Tennessee officials announced Friday a new method that could allow the state to resume executions after the last scheduled execution was abruptly halted in the spring of 2022, although executions ...

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender's habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee's death row inmates, said the announcement was "notable for its lack of detail." "The secrecy ...

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender’s habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee’s death row inmates, told the AP in an email that the new manual “fails to address the many ...

Death row inmates have 90 days to review the updated protocol and decide to amend their lawsuit. Kayla Hackney, Tennessee correction spokesperson: The "protocol is not a public record." ...

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Now that the review is finished, the Tennessee Supreme Court would need to schedule executions before they can resume. TDOC keeps a list of death row inmates at this link. Before the pause ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's top prison officials said they aren't going to release the document to the ...

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender’s habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee’s death row inmates, said the announcement was “notable for its lack of detail.” ...