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A day later, on March 18, 1986, after police investigations linked both Martin and West to the case, the duo were arrested for the murders, and subsequently charged in court with kidnapping, rape and murder. Under Tennessee state law, for the most serious charge of murder, both men could face the death penalty. [1] [4]
In 2024, Tennessee saw moves to allow the death penalty for defendants convicted of child rape. [13] It passed the Tennessee House of Representatives with a 77-19-1 vote, and it passed the Tennessee Senate with 24-5. [14] [15] [16] Governor Bill Lee would sign the bill into law in May 2024. [17] [18]
The family of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton held a press conference asking Gov. Bill Lee to examine the case for a potential pardon. ... A look at the state of the death penalty.
Media listen to the announcement of the execution of Tennessee death row inmate Stephen Michael West outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Thursday, Aug.15, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn.
Vermont has abolished the death penalty for all crimes, but has an invalid death penalty statue for treason. [89] When it abolished the death penalty in 2019, New Hampshire explicitly did not commute the death sentence of the sole person remaining on the state's death row, Michael K. Addison. [90] [91]
Stacy Rector, executive director at Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, reacts to Gov. Lee issuing a temporary reprieve to Oscar Smith’s execution.
It was also the first use of Tennessee's electric chair after it was retrofitted by Fred A. Leuchter and moved to Riverbend from the former Tennessee State Prison. Holton was the third death row inmate executed under administration of Governor Phil Bredesen. He was also the first American put to death by electrocution since July 20, 2006.
A Tennessee grandfather fell to his death in a skydiving accident at a high school football game Friday evening as startled onlookers watched, officials said.