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 suffer from some form of organic brain damage,” he added. “Our jails have become the repository for t...
Source: oakridger.com