The Death Penalty Delayed Tweet
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Tennessee’s highest officials and its highest courts have heard pleas for mercy, arguments pointing to systemic injustice and claims of innocence. But it took a once-in-a-century pandemic to move them to pause the state’s historic execution spree.
On Feb. 20, the state executed Nick Sutton, the seventh man put to death in Tennessee in 18 months. His electrocution was a continuation of a run of state killings unlike any seen here since the 1940s. Gov. Bill Lee has allowed four executions since taking office, just as his predecessor allowed three with a detached, false neutrality, as if it wasn’t a governor’s place to get too involved in this ugly business. Then the coronavirus breached the borders of our country and our state, and the walls of our prisons. The death chamber, like so much else, was temporarily closed. First the Tennessee Supreme Court, which rescheduled two executions, then the go
A Message to Tennessee Dairy Producers and Milk Haulers
Saturday, December 19, 2020 |
01:24pm
In recent weeks, Tennessee dairy producers and milk haulers who previously supplied Dean Foods received letters from ASK, LLP, a law firm representing Southern Foods Group involving Dean Dairy Holdings. The letters sought to reclaim payments made within 90 days prior to the Dean Foods bankruptcy.
With the support of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation and other Tennessee dairy partners, we have been working closely with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office to determine a path to resolution on this issue.
I am pleased to let you know we have received assurances directly from ASK, LLP that it will accept executed declaration statements from Tennessee producers and haulers in the same manner offered to producers in other states, with an eye toward closing matters if supported by the completed declarations.
Tennessee Attorney General speaks on multi-state lawsuit against Google
December 17, 2020
The suit was filed by more than three dozen states against the popular search engine, Google.
The attorneys general say the states’ complaint focuses on Google’s monopoly power in general search and advertising markets.
“We are filing a motion to request that our case be consolidated with the DOJ’s case and be litigated in tandem,” said Attorney General for the state of Colorado, Phil Weiser.
The attorneys general say the states’ suit goes beyond the one filed by the Justice Department by explaining how Google is accused of monopolizing ways consumers access general search engines.