NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee on Thursday released a redacted version of its newly completed execution manual, blacking out sporadic titles and team names throughout the notably trimmed-down document that now provides vague guidelines and omits previously detailed steps on carrying out the death penalty. The Tennessee Department of Correction initially refused to hand over the manual when pressed by The Associated Press, arguing that the sta…

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Tennessee's Department of Correction has released a redacted version of its newly completed execution manual after initially refusing to do so

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Tennessee on Thursday released a redacted version of its new execution manual, blacking out sporadic titles and team names throughout the trimmed-down document that now provides vague guidelines and omits previously detailed steps on carrying out the death penalty. The Department of Correction initially would not hand over the manual...

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Tennessee on Thursday released a redacted version of its newly completed execution manual, blacking out sporadic titles and team names throughout the notably trimmed-down document that now provides vague guidelines and omits previously detailed steps on carrying out the death penalty. The Tennessee Department of Correction initially refused to hand over the manual when pressed by The Associated Press, arguing that the state had to keep the entir…

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On April 21, 2022, a little more than an hour before Oscar Smith was set to be strapped to a gurney in the death chamber at Nashville’s Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, his execution was abruptly called off. Gov. Bill Lee announced that he was granting Smith a temporary reprieve “due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection.” Smith’s attorney, Nashville-based supervisory assistant federal public defender Kelley Henry, told the …

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