A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

N ASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's top prison officials said they aren't going to release the document ...

Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders eight years earlier of newlyweds Adam Chrismer, 17, and Samantha ...

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender’s habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee’s death row inmates, said the announcement was “notable for its lack of detail.” ...

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

Kelley Henry, supervisory assistant federal public defender who has spent decades representing those on death row in Tennessee, called the DOJ's decision "damning." "DOJ’s review is a damning ...