USA - Tennessee. Senate passed SB 0400 to reduce appeals for death sentences
USA - Tennessee. Senate passed SB 0400 to reduce appeals for death sentences
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The Senate voted 26-6 for Republican Sen. John Stevens' legislation (SB 0400, the Senate version of HB 0258) to skip Tennessee's Court of Criminal Appeals and provide automatic state Supreme Court death penalty reviews. One Republican voted no. The bill now goes to governor Bill Lee. The Republican appears poised to sign it.
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- (Source: Associated Press, WBIR news, 21/03/2019)
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