TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 8, 2015

Lawyers at some of the state's most prominent law firms are urging the state Supreme Court to allow inmates to move forward with a claim the electric chair is an unconstitutional method of execution, the Tennessean reports. Twenty-two attorneys filed a brief with the Tennessee Supreme Court last week citing "a common calling to promote justice and public good." The court heard oral arguments in the case Wednesday in Knoxville.