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- 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
- JANUARY 1, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Between 2001 and 2002 two bills were proposed for the...
Between 2001 and 2002 two bills were proposed for the introduction of a moratorium on executions and for the setting up of a commission to study the application of the death penalty
- 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
- JANUARY 1, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Between 2001 and 2002 two bills were proposed for the...
Between 2001 and 2002 two bills were proposed for the introduction of a moratorium on executions and for the setting up of a commission to study the application of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 5, 2002TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A Cocke County Circuit Court jury returned a death...
A Cocke County Circuit Court jury returned a death sentence against Jonathan Stephenson, 38, convicted 12 years ago of murdering his wife
- AUGUST 23, 2002TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 17, 2002TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
After 14 years on death row, Edward Leroy Harris was...
After 14 years on death row, Edward Leroy Harris was ordered to serve 3 life sentences