Tennessee judge grants expanded media access to state-run executions

A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions ...

Judge orders Tennessee to give greater access to execution process

A Nashville judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to allow reporters to witness the full execution of ...
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Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
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5 countries that still hold public executions in the 21st century

The idea of public execution feels like something from a distant, brutal past. Yet in 2026, there are still places where ...
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News outlets challenge Tennessee restrictions on press access to executions

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative Attorneys Paul McAdoo and Beth Soja and legal fellow Allyson Veile are representing a news media coalition in a new lawsuit ...
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Death row executions are up to 44 this year — the highest in over a decade

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade. The number of death row inmates executed across the U.S. spiked dramatically ...