Tennessee
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- FEBRUARY 28, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge in Knoxville issued a stay for death...
A federal judge in Knoxville issued a stay for death row inmate Stephen Michael West, less than 10 hours before his scheduled execution by electrocution
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Texas parolee Robert Leach, 38, was sentenced to death...
Texas parolee Robert Leach, 38, was sentenced to death for killingSarah McBride, 69, on July 8, 1999
- JANUARY 19, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Condemned murderer Erskine Leroy Johnson might not...
Condemned murderer Erskine Leroy Johnson might not have to stay on death row much longer because the Tennessee Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for him
- JANUARY 1, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- APRIL 19, 2000TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Robert Glen Coe, 44, was executed by injection in...
Robert Glen Coe, 44, was executed by injection in Tennessee for the rape and murder of eight-year-old Cary Ann Medlin 21 years ago
- JANUARY 1, 2000TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- MAY 1, 1999TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
In May, Edward Witt Chandler, a criminal defense lawyer...
In May, Edward Witt Chandler, a criminal defense lawyer known for his philosophical approach to the law, filed a challenge to the death penalty contending that it is a "religious ritual" that violates the separation of church and state
- JANUARY 1, 1999TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee is one of eight states, and the only one...
Tennessee is one of eight states, and the only one in the south, with the death penalty but no executions since the law was reinstated