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Tennessee will stop all executions until the end of 2022 pending an independent review of procedures used by the state to carry out lethal injections.
Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year on Monday after revealing that the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested. The oversight forced Lee to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die last month. Lee didn’t initially…
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has refused to release records that could illuminate his decision to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith last month
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Tennessee’s governor temporarily halted all executions just an hour before death row inmate Oscar Smith was set to die, citing a “technical oversight” involving lethal injections.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee refused to release records that could illuminate his decision to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith last month.