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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.

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.

Citing lethal drug supply issues, the governors office has issued several delays to inmates.

Public records from the Tennessee Department of Correction obtained by NewsChannel 5 shed more light on the hours before the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith, an execution that Gov. Bill Lee delayed due to what he previously called a "technical oversight."

An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 was put to death Wednesday after a ...

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Just four days after Gov. Bill Lee announced an independent review looking into "operational failures" with the state's lethal injection protocol, the state's own attorneys told a federal court "there may be factual inaccuracies or misstatements."

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,

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 has been executed after a nearly eight-year hiatus in the state’s use of the death

Clarence Dixon, 66, is set to receive a lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for the 1978 killing of 21-year-old student Deana Bowdoin.