Tennessee Brings Back The Electric Chair
As the rest of the nation debates the humanity of lethal injections, Tennessee has come up with an alternative: the electric chair.
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Today In Johnson City History: March 17
A farmer and his help drown in floodwater, a brisket recipe and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.
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Fed public defender: prisons are 'repository' for mentally ill
Carolyn Krause/Special to The Oak Ridger Not everyone convicted of committing murder gets the death penalty in the 27 states that still have it, suggesting that capital punishment is probably not a deterrent to homicide. That was one message of Marshall Jensen, a federal public defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, in a recent online talk to the Oak Ridge chapter of the League of Women Voters. Many people on death row “tend to be poor, mentally ill, intellectually disabled or suffe...
Source: oakridger.com