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- SEPTEMBER 20, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by...
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by the state of Tennessee's office of the attorney general to vacate the stay of execution of Philip Workman
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
In Memphis, Judge Bernice Donald temporarily blocked...
In Memphis, Judge Bernice Donald temporarily blocked the execution of Philip Workman pending resolution of a federal appeals court review of another Tennessee murder conviction
- AUGUST 13, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
In Memphis, James Christopher Riels, accused of killing...
In Memphis, James Christopher Riels, accused of killing 2 elderly women last year, was sentenced to death today in court
- APRIL 15, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Bredesen said the reprieve for condemned inmate...
Gov. Bredesen said the reprieve for condemned inmate Philip Workman won't be extended. (see April 4, 2001; September 15, 2003; January 9, 2004
- JANUARY 21, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Pat Bondurant, now 49, has been sentenced to death...
Pat Bondurant, now 49, has been sentenced to death after a retrial on charges of beating Ronnie Gaines to death in 1986
- JANUARY 13, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Michael Dale Rimmer, 37, was sentenced to death for...
Michael Dale Rimmer, 37, was sentenced to death for the second time for the Feb
- JANUARY 9, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Bredesen extends stay of execution for Workman Gov
Bredesen extends stay of execution for Workman Gov
- JANUARY 1, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- OCTOBER 16, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
3 hours of deliberation was all it took to convict...
3 hours of deliberation was all it took to convict Richard Taylor of 1st-degree murder for killing Ronald Moore, a prison guard, with a foot-long piece of sharpened metal in 1981
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning granted a 4-month reprieve...
Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning granted a 4-month reprieve in the execution of Phillip Workman, citing a federal criminal investigation that might be related to the case. Although Attorney General Paul Summers said he is confident that the facts of the ca
- AUGUST 24, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the...
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the opinion of 24 jurors in 2 separate trials that Ricky Thompson, convicted in the 1989 shooting death of his 21-year-old wife, Nina Vann Thompson, should die in the state's death chamber
- JANUARY 1, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders