The Tennessee Department of Correction has created a new lethal injection protocol, clearing the way for the state to schedule executions again. Gov. Bill Lee called off all executions ...

Attorneys for Tennessee death row men Oscar Smith and Byron Black are calling on Governor Bill Lee to issue a temporary halt on executions until March 2026, when a trial on the constitutionality of ...

Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections after an execution was abruptly called off in 2022 and a follow-up investigation found ...

Attorneys appealed to the Tennessee governor to pause all executions until next year to allow for courts to review a new lethal injection protocol.

Lethal-injection executions are set to resume in Tennessee next month. The inmate scheduled for May’s execution, Oscar Smith, was supposed to be executed in April of 2022. Smith is charged with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Is justice served by the execution of those sentenced to death in Tennessee? Is the use of pentobarbital in lethal injections humane? Governor Bill Lee halted the ...

While manufacturers of FDA-approved injectable pentobarbital are warning states not to use the sedative in executions, some states are still buying it — and paying top dollar.

The attorney general’s office said it is reviewing the lawsuit. A Correction spokesperson declined to comment on it. Tennessee’s lethal injection problem Tennessee executions have been paused ...

Tennessee next month is also planning to conduct its first lethal injection execution since 2019, after having bought pentobarbital in recent years for nearly $600,000 from an undisclosed supplier ...