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The Tennessean reviewed thousands of court documents and other records about lethal injection in Tennessee. Here are our takeaways.

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that a death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed

A Tennessee death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed under state law, a federal judge has ruled.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually ...

Federal judge ruled Tyrone Chalmers, convicted of robbing a man of $3 and killing him in Shelby County 1994, can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled.

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that a death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed under state law

Tyrone Chalmers can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed under state law, a federal judge has ruled.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee death row inmate convicted of a 1994 slaying can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be

Death row inmate Byron Black s appealing a trial court's dismissal of his request to be declared intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution.

A Tennessee death row inmate is appealing a state trial court’s dismissal of his request to be declared intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution. Earlier this year, Senior Judge Walter Kurtz ruled that federal courts had previously determined Byron Black was not intellectually disabled and therefore was ineligible to have the decision considered once again. Kurtz handed down his decision even though Nashville’s top prosecutor and Black’s lawyers agreed he shou...