Hands Off Cain
TENNESSEE·DEATH PENALTY·MARCH 30, 2001·1 MIN READ

23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die...

23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued a stay of execution, sending his case back to a Memphis court for a hearing on "newly discovered evidence

23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued a stay of execution, sending his case back to a Memphis court for a hearing on "newly discovered evidence." Workman had been slated to die at 1 a.m. this morning by lethal injection for the 1981 shooting death of a Memphis police officer during the robbery of a Wendy's fast-food restaurant.
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  • (Sources: The Tennessean, 30/03/2001)