NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life imprisonment with just a month until his scheduled ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Tennessee eyes a wave of executions, attorneys for 33 death row inmates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down the state’s new three-drug combination for lethal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Citing authorities, News 2’s Memphis sister station WREG reported that Carruthers and an accomplice were convicted of kidnapping, ...

With a December 3, 2026 execution date on the books, Blount County Circuit Court Judge David R. Duggan has ordered state-appointed experts to evaluate death-row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton, setting up a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The only woman on Tennessee's death row is taking legal action -- claiming the state's execution method could cause her to drown ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that allows a former Tennessee death row inmate to be eligible for parole in four years after spending more than three decades in prison.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The only woman currently sentenced to death in Tennessee has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s revised lethal injection execution protocol. Christa Gail Pike filed suit in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Family and friends of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton rallied at the State Capitol Tuesday, urging Bill Lee to step in and stop Sutton’s execution. Supporters ...

Members of the Mt. Juliet community gathered Friday to celebrate the opening of a new fire station, which is more centrally located — thus allowing for shorter response times — and designed to ...

Until late Monday afternoon, there was still a chance the Tennessee Supreme Court would prevent Billy Ray Irick from receiving a lethal injection on Thursday. But the high court did not issue a stay ...

This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter at nashvillebanner.com/newsletters. Christa Pike, the only woman currently ...