Tennessee
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
From the country
JANUARY 16, 2026TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Judge grants expanded press access to state executions
DECEMBER 11, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Harold Nichols was executed by lethal injection on December 11
64, White, on death row for 35 years
- DECEMBER 3, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Doctors Urge Governor to Pause Executions for Drug Review
OCTOBER 24, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Serious anomalies in the execution of Byron Black
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Reasons Behind Byron Black’s Painful Execution
Autopsy reveals “pulmonary congestion and edema”
- AUGUST 5, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Byron Black, 69, Black, was executed on August 5
MAY 22, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Oscar Smith, 75, White, was executed on May 22, 2025
19th execution in the US in 2025
FEBRUARY 10, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Kevin Burns, the death row inmate who celebrates mass on death row
Burns is an evangelical pastor
AUGUST 21, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Sean Finnegan gets death penalty for murder of Jennifer Gail Paxto
- JUNE 26, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. New Death Penalty Law Going Into Effect On July 1st
Death Penalty for Child Rapists (HB1663)
MAY 9, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Gov. Lee Signs Legislation That Allows Death Penalty For Child Rape
- APRIL 22, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. HB1663 passes House. Already passed Senate.
Death penalty for child rapists