Held in chains and wearing a black-and-white striped prison uniform, Austin Drummond spoke only to confirm his name, address, ...

The jury in his trial concluded that he had been in a jealous rage when he shot them because he thought Clay, whom he had ...

The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee is set to execute the first inmate under its new death penalty protocol next week, and some critics argue the new protocol is worse than before.

A Tennessee bill that would authorize the use of the death penalty for convicted child rapists has passed its first legislative hurdle as the Senate Judiciary Committee has moved the bill ...

Tennessee has executed seven people since it ended a nearly decade-long pause in executions in 2018. Five of those men chose to die by the electric chair, while Billy Ray Irick and Donnie Johnson ...