Tennessee’s only woman on death row is asking Gov. Bill Lee to commute her sentence so she can spend the rest of her life in prison.Christa Pike, now 50, was

Statement from Attorney for Darrell Hines Following His Execution Today “I’d like to start by saying that I grieve for the family of Catherine Jean Jenkins. May God be with you. “I also grieve th...

Darrell Hines’s lawyers ask supreme court to intervene, arguing he could face fate similar to failed execution in May

Statement from Attorney for Darrell Hines in Response to Governor Lee’s Denial of Clemency (Nashville, TN, Tuesday, August 11, 2026) “It would be a grotesque spectacle for Tennessee to move forward w...

Dr Mark Fowler assisted in the failed execution of a Tennessee prisoner. Physicians are meant to heal patients - why is he working in the death chamber?

Ahead of Darrell Hines’ Aug. 13 execution, his attorneys pointed to problematic executions during Commissioner Frank Strada’s tenure in Arizona and questioned Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol.

ATTORNEY STATEMENT: Tennessee Supreme Court Allows TDOC to Conceal Whether It Plans to Continue Using Doctor Who Botched Carruthers Execution (Nashville, Tennessee, August 6, 2026) Today, the Tennes...

Attorneys for a death row inmate convinced the Tennessee Supreme Court to conduct an investigation into the state’s lethal injection program. But it’s not

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Gov. Lee said there is no reason to pause upcoming executions.

A Tennessee lawmaker demands accountability after a 'gruesome' failed execution left a prisoner in pain.

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Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., gives a tour of the prison's execution chamber in 1999. AP Photo/Mark

Tennessee Republican senators are calling on the state to launch a formal investigation into the botched execution attempt of Tony Carruthers in May. Several legal battles are also challenging Tenness...

Attorneys for the next man scheduled to be executed in Tennessee are asking Gov. Bill Lee to grant a reprieve, arguing the state should demonstrate it can constitutionally and humanely carry out an…

Tennessee has botched one attempt to administer a lethal injection this year, but the state has three more executions scheduled amid calls for a pause.

Given the horrifying failed execution attempt of Tony Carruthers in May, now is the time for Governor Lee to grant a reprieve to Darrell Hines, who is scheduled for execution in Tennessee on August 13...

A group of death row exonerees and faith leaders in Tennessee is urging Gov. Bill Lee to halt the execution of Tony Carruthers.Carruthers is one of 42 people on the

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Harold Wayne Nichols is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on December 11, 2025, unless Governor Bill Lee grants him clemency and commutes his death sentence to a sentence of life without the possi...

Is Texas about to execute an innocent man? Lester Holt examines Robert Roberson’s controversial death row case.

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black, a wheelchair-bound elderly man with intellectual disability, on August 5th. The Tennessee and U.S. Constitutions both prohibit the execution of people with inte...

For Immediate Release: June 30, 2025 Contact: Laura.Burstein@squirepb.com New Filing: Byron Black Seeks Preliminary Injunction to Ensure Implanted Defibrillator Cannot Restart His Heart During Execu...