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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee death row inmate is appealing a state trial court's dismissal of his request to be declared intellectually disabled,

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

Executions by lethal injection have been placed on hold in Tennessee while a special investigator probes the testing process of the drugs used in capital punishment.

Nearly a full day passed before Gov. Bill Lee said he was notified that the Tennessee Department of Correction had failed to follow its own lethal injection protocol in the run-up to the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith.

Executions by lethal injection have been placed on hold in Tennessee while a special investigator probes the testing process of the drugs used in capital punishment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has refused to release records that could illuminate his decision to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith last month, citing attorney-client privilege and the disputed “deliberative process privilege.”

Death row inmate Oscar Smith was less than 90 minutes away from his lethal injection when Gov. Bill Lee stepped in, saying the Department of Correction failed to properly test its chemicals used during executions.

The records, obtained by The Tennessean, include text messages between two individuals about whether the drugs were properly tested in advance.

The records, obtained by The Tennessean, include text messages between two individuals about whether the drugs were properly tested in advance.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the states lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out,