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Gov. Bill Lee is changing the way Tennessee carries out its executions, following an independent review of the state’s lethal injections. In April, Gov.
Tennessee has not complied with its own lethal injection process ever since it was revised in 2018, resulting in several executions being conducted without proper testing of the drugs used, according to an independent review released Wednesday.
Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) officials failed to follow their own protocols in several executions and planned executions ...
A former U.S. attorney says an "abdication of responsibility" among leaders at the Tennessee Department of Correction is behind several "failures to comply" it is supposed to follow in executions.
The report from a months-long third-party review of TDOC's lethal injection protocols was given to the Governor's office on Dec. 14.