Tennessee’s execution failures need reform, public defender says
The federal public defender’s office in Middle Tennessee is calling for reforms to the state's lethal injection process, citing egregious failures and a lack of transparency.
The federal public defender’s office in Middle Tennessee is calling for substantial reforms to Tennessee’s lethal injection process. Kit Thomas, deputy chief for the Capital Habeas Unit, said “egregious failures … will keep happening until Tennessee takes meaningful steps to increase transparency, oversight, and accountability in the execution process. Executions must not resume until it […]
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