The death penalty in the United States is sustained by a fantasy and an illusion. Americans imagine that when the state kills, it can do so in a humane manner. We’ve tried many things to turn that ...
It has been five years since the state held an execution and now four people are set to be executed in Tennessee before the end of the year. With the first being Oscar Franklin Smith. Smith, 75, is ...
This story has been updated to reflect a stay of execution for one of the death row inmates previously assigned a September execution date. Tennessee will hold one of its first executions in years on ...
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