TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on May 6, 2015

The Tennessee Supreme Court heard a challenge to a new state law resurrecting electrocution in capital murder cases when it convened today in Knoxville. It was not considering whether the 2014 law passes constitutional muster. Instead, the panel was to hear arguments on whether it is too soon for the 34 death row inmates suing the state over all manner of death penalty protocols to mount a challenge at all. Knoxnews.com has the story. The Associated Press issued this guide to the state's lethal injections protocols.