A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings.
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A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general to argue certain capital cases, a power that lawmakers shifted away from locally elected prosecutors under a new law after some expressed reluctance to pursue the death penalty.