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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Bill Lee issued a reprieve from executions in 2020. The first scheduled execution following the COVID pandemic was for death row inmate Oscar Frank Smith in May 2022. Smith was granted a temporary reprieve after Governor Lee paused all executions in Tennessee.
Nov 16, 2018 · The state of Tennessee resumed capital punishment in August 2018, and has executed six death row inmates since. Three are scheduled to die in 2020.
Apr 20, 2022 · CNN — A man convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons in 1989 is set to be executed Thursday after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee denied his request for clemency. The governor declined to...
May 26, 2022 · EMTs earned $1,000 per execution. The physician earned $3,000 for declaring the executed dead. The executioner, however, is not compensated extra for his services, regardless of whether he uses...
The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) provides information about the history of executions in Tennessee, a list of all Tennessee executions and a list of all prisoners on death row.
Mar 5, 2022 · The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued death warrants setting execution dates for three prisoners, bringing to five — the nation’s-high — the number of executions pending in the state in 2022. On February 22, 2022, the court set execution dates of August 18 for Byron Black, October 6 for Gary Sutton, and December 8 for Donald Middlebrooks.
Mar 7, 2022 · 1:34. After a nearly two-year hiatus, Tennessee is set to resume capital punishment with six executions scheduled for this year and the first set to take place next month. Oscar Franklin Smith,...
