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| Next step for execution drug uncertain |
| Tennessee has 86 inmates on death row but only enough drugs to execute eight of them. The state is now looking into using the same drug used to euthanize animals, as several other states are doing, or buying the drug from outside the U.S. Either choice guarantees legal challenges
"To change the protocol in Tennessee, we wouldn't require legislation or a change in statute," Dorinda Carter, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Correction said. "It would be a departmental review, and then we could put it into play right away." |
Read more in the Tennessean
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| CASA of Bradley County comes to the rescue |
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When Juvenile Court Judge Daniel Swafford's docket got so full he became concerned that the best interests of the children might not be served.
He knew a change was needed fast, and he called on CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Bradley County for help.
The Cleveland Daily Banner thanks and pays tribute to Judge Daniel and CASA Executive Director
Suzanne Wisdom.
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| Former judge arrested in drug charges |
| Former Crockett County General Sessions Judge Shannon Jones and two other suspects were arrested Thursday on charges of manufacturing/delivery/sale of methamphetamines and possession a controlled substance.
Jones was a part-time General Sessions judge in Crockett County about 10 years ago. |
The State Gazette has the story
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| Law firm has 'solar SWAT team' |
| A new "solar farm" will be one of the largest solar installations in the Southeast, and it has businesses lining up to help,
in large part because of incentives available from the state and federal governments.
Several firms -- Nashville's Baker Donelson law firm chief among them -- are marketing their legal talent to solar manufacturers, startups and others to make sure they get their share of billable solar energy hours.
"We've put down a marker in the solar industry," Baker Donelson managing shareholder Scott Carey said. The firm helped organize and joined a state solar energy association chapter. It has courted suppliers, manufacturers and political clients with financial stakes in renewable energy.
The firm also put together an interdisciplinary legal team with attorneys who know environmental law, real estate, tax incentives, financing, private equity and tax policy as a "solar SWAT team of sorts."
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The Tennessean has the story
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| NC attorney general still wants TVA to clean up |
| North Carolina's Attorney General Roy Cooper wants the U.S. Supreme court to reinstate his lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority about pollution from its power plants.
Cooper filed the appeal of a decision barring nuisance complaints against facilities that received permits under the Clean Air Act. Cooper's petition says the decision conflicts with previous rulings upholding the right of states to stop pollution generated out of state. |
The Associated Press reports
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| Passages |
| Knoxville lawyer Bob Child dies, services today, Tuesday |
| Knoxville lawyer Robert M. Child died Feb. 4, at the age of 83.
He was a 1950 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today (Feb. 7) at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel and a memorial service will follow. There will be an internment service at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at East Tennessee Veterans' Cemetery.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the University of Tennessee College of Law, 1505 W. Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996-1810 or to First Baptist Church, Knoxville, 510 West Main St., Knoxville, TN 37902. |
Read his obituary in the News Sentinel
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| Tenn. Government |
| Haslam's cabinet filled with new people, but not all are 'outsiders' |
| Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Tom Humphrey walks through the new members of Gov. Bill Haslam's cabinet, examining whether they are "insiders" or "outsiders." |
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| U.S. Supreme Court |
| Editorial: Politics showing up in court |
| In an editorial, The New York Times suggests that tenure for life is not keeping U.S. Supreme Court justices
Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas from asserting political positions in their opinions.
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Read the editorial
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