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Capital punishment is a legal punishment in the US state of Tennessee. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury
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death in Tennessee, but was executed in Oklahoma. Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Tennessee
List of people executed in Tennessee
List_of_people_executed_in_Tennessee
Nickname for a state prison electric chair
the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville also was nicknamed "Old Smokey", and was used to execute 125 people for capital punishment in Tennessee between
Old_Smokey
Execution method
injection is unavailable or found to be unconstitutional (see Capital punishment in Tennessee). In the late 1870s to early 1880s, the introduction of arc lighting
Electric_chair
In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states (of which two, Oregon and Wyoming, have no inmates
Capital punishment in the United States
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Use of the death penalty by the U.S. military
The use of capital punishment by the United States military is a legal punishment in martial criminal justice. As of 2026, capital punishment has not been
Capital punishment by the United States military
Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_military
methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. These well-known and notable methods of capital punishment are currently legal in at least one
List of methods of capital punishment
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1991 United States Supreme Court case
Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case, authored by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, which held that testimony in the
Payne_v._Tennessee
Prison in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
(RMSI) is a prison in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. The prison opened in 1989 and replaced its
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
Riverbend_Maximum_Security_Institution
Maximum security prison in Tennessee
security prison in unincorporated Morgan County, near Wartburg, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. It opened in 1980. An expansion
Morgan County Correctional Complex
Morgan_County_Correctional_Complex
Former state prison in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Tennessee State Prison is a former correctional facility located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Centennial Boulevard. It opened in
Tennessee_State_Prison
people executed in the U.S. state of Tennessee before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia
List of people executed in Tennessee (pre-1972)
List_of_people_executed_in_Tennessee_(pre-1972)
Capital punishment in Alabama is a legal penalty. Alabama has the highest per capita capital sentencing rate in the United States. In some years, its
Capital_punishment_in_Alabama
the morality of capital punishment and, as such, they have historically impacted the way in which governments handle such punishment practices. Although
Religion and capital punishment
Religion_and_capital_punishment
Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland. Capital punishment had been in use in the
Capital punishment in Maryland
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Capital punishment Capital punishment by country Capital punishment debate in the United States Capital punishment for cannabis trafficking Capital punishment
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2006 United States Supreme Court case
at trial with aggravating factors that qualified him for capital punishment. The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed House's conviction and sentence, describing
House_v._Bell
Governor of Tennessee since 2019
marijuana decriminalization, saying in 2019 it was "not good for our state." Lee supports capital punishment, and Tennessee has executed seven people since
Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)
Bill_Lee_(Tennessee_politician)
American serial killer
volunteer who vowed to continue killing in prison if he was not put to death. Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, officially
Robert_Gleason_(murderer)
Meal preceding one's execution
Supper". Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press. pp. 63–67. ISBN 978-0-687-64756-9. Jones
Last_meal
Overview of and topical guide to Tennessee
Tennessee Law of Tennessee Cannabis in Tennessee Capital punishment in Tennessee Individuals executed in Tennessee Constitution of Tennessee Crime in
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2009 United States Supreme Court case
— Justice Antonin Scalia List of United States Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment Harbison v. Bell, 556 U.S. 180 (2009). Text of Harbison v. Bell, 556
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The debate over capital punishment in the United States existed as early as the colonial period. As of April 2022, it remains a legal penalty within 28
Capital punishment debate in the United States
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1988 murder of a family in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
disabled" man. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 2025 "Tennessee execution
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American serial killer (1961–2020)
electric chair in the United States, as of 2026. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United
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American murderer (1956–2000)
Tennessee's last execution before Coe was in 1960. Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in
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American mass murderer (1961–2007)
execution are examined in the 2008 documentary film Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead. Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in the United States John
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1987 hate crime in Tennessee
children. Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in the United States Hate crime laws in the United States List of death row inmates in the United
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1986 double murder of a mother-daughter pair in East Tennessee, United States
classmates back in 1986. List of kidnappings (1980–1989) Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United
Murders of Wanda and Sheila Romines
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American killer executed in Oklahoma (1970–2013)
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American attorney and judge
10, Capital Litigation Improvement Initiative Benchbook for State Trial Judges (2009) Judicial Independence and Capital Punishment in Tennessee, Chapter
Penny_J._White
1976 U.S. Supreme Court case upholding the death penalty
features that capital sentencing procedures must employ in order to comply with the Eighth Amendment ban on "cruel and unusual punishments". The decision
Gregg_v._Georgia
U.S. state
Tennessee State Parks system. Tennessee, like many other southern states, has a strong reputation for harsh criminal punishment. Capital punishment is
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Executed American convicted murderer (1950–2025)
Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 2025 "Death Row Offenders". Tennessee Department
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American serial killer on Tennessee's death row
awaiting his execution. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of death row inmates in the United States § Tennessee List of serial killers in the United States
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First person to be executed by electric chair in Tennessee
adult was unconstitutional in Coker v. Georgia. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 1916 List of people executed
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ex-wife. Food portal Law portal Capital punishment Death row Final statement Last Supper Religion and capital punishment Freuler, Regula (28 May 2018).
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American executed criminal (1954–2018)
before his execution. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 2018 "Death Row Offenders"
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1985 murder of a United States Marine
awarded in 1996. Biography portal Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Tennessee List of
Murder of Suzanne Marie Collins
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1991 arson-murder of a woman in Tennessee
family members. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 2019 "Lee Hall executed:
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American serial killer (1956–2009)
person to be sentenced to death under Tennessee's new death penalty laws after the state reinstated capital punishment since 1976. Apart from the three death
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Executed American serial killer
method of hanging. Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 1926 List of serial killers in the United States Clarence
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Room where capital punishment is administered
An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which capital punishment is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the
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American man executed in Tennessee (1953–2007)
needed] Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued numerous rulings on the use of capital punishment (the death penalty). While some rulings applied very narrowly, perhaps
List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving capital punishment
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structures in Tennessee commons:Category:Buildings and structures in Tennessee Cannabis in Tennessee Capital of the State of Tennessee Capital punishment in Tennessee
Index of Tennessee-related articles
Index_of_Tennessee-related_articles
Place in prison housing inmates awaiting execution
procedures, which may continue for several decades. Opponents of capital punishment claim that a prisoner's isolation and uncertainty over their fate
Death_row
Privately owned museum dedicated to the history of criminology and penology in the U.S.
Crime and Punishment, also known as the Crime Museum, was a privately owned museum dedicated to the history of criminology and penology in the United
National Museum of Crime and Punishment
National_Museum_of_Crime_and_Punishment
American murderer (1958–2018)
or unusual punishment". Capital punishment in Tennessee List of people executed in Tennessee List of people executed in the United States in 2018 Boucher
Billy_Ray_Irick
American criminal and serial killer (1963-)
Institution in Nashville. Capital punishment in Tennessee Capital punishment in Florida List of death row inmates in the United States § Tennessee Trevor Aaronson
Henry_Lee_Jones
Nickname for electric chairs
adherence to electrocution and to the international debate over capital punishment in general. The Florida Supreme Court's Web servers repeatedly crashed
Old_Sparky
1957 essay by Albert Camus
logical grounds and on proven statistics. Camus also argues that capital punishment is an easy option for the government where remedy and reform may be
Reflections_on_the_Guillotine
1981 murder of a mentally disabled woman in Tennessee, U.S.
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Capital of Tennessee, United States
NASH-vil) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland
Nashville,_Tennessee
Form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
this procedure is capital punishment. The drugs cause the person to become unconscious, stop breathing, and develop a heart arrhythmia, in that order. First
Lethal_injection
Execution by multiple shooters on command
(from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons for its use are that
Execution_by_firing_squad
general arrest powers). In 2018, Tennessee had 259 police officers per 100,000 residents. Capital punishment is utilized in Tennessee. As of May 2023, 45
Crime_in_Tennessee
On death row: 0 Total number executed: 0 (since 1939) Capital punishment exists as a punishment in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United
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Execution of a convict who is actually innocent
occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments
Wrongful_execution
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
The design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human
Guillotine
in American history (as in Europe) often as a substitute for capital or corporal punishment. The discriminatory post-Civil War Black Codes passed in the
Penal_exception_clause
American physician
professionals in American executions Baldwin, Robert (January 1, 2009). Life and death matters: seeking the truth about capital punishment. NewSouth Books
Carlo_Musso
American criminal executed for non-homicidal rape
death row in Tennessee to 99 years imprisonment after a bill to abolish capital punishment in the state failed by a single vote in the Tennessee House of
Ronald_Wolfe_(rapist)
Type of punishment
of retributive justice in ancient Jewish culture is shown by its mention in the law of Moses, which refers to the punishments of "life for life, eye for
Retributive_justice
other people in Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, and Colorado. Capital punishment in Kansas Capital punishment in the United States Crime in Kansas List of
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American Holocaust denier (born 1941)
administration of capital punishment. His initial work was with electric chairs, starting in Tennessee. His broader claims are that his work in this area is
Fred_A._Leuchter
Execution, murder, or suicide method
has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as
Death_by_burning
2008 landmark United States Supreme Court case
Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the
Kennedy_v._Louisiana
abolition of capital punishment. Clyde Arwood, sentenced to death for the murder of federal agent William Pugh and executed at the Tennessee State Penitentiary
List of people executed by electrocution
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strangled for approximately 20 minutes. This resulted in the abolition of capital punishment in Wisconsin. John Tapner (1854) – Hanging. The rope did
List_of_botched_executions
harshest punishments available. A person who commits murder is called a murderer, and the penalties, as outlined below, vary from state to state. In 2005
List of punishments for murder in the United States
List_of_punishments_for_murder_in_the_United_States
American politician (born 1963)
or surgery, you might be eligible to capital punishment." Fritts self-identifies as a Christian nationalist. In May 2026, Fritts again gained attention
Monty_Fritts
U.S. research consortium
findings are based on a standard protocol of in-depth interviews with past jurors in capital punishment trials. The interviews seek to identify the jury
Capital_Jury_Project
1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy
It depicts the life of a violent outcast and serial killer in 1960s Appalachian Tennessee. Though the novel received critical praise, it was not a financial
Child_of_God
American anti-death penalty activist (1946–2017)
Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Capital Punishment. Holdman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 11, 1946, to Neil Holdman and Maggie
Scharlette_Holdman
due to the unofficial moratorium in place on capital punishment in Ohio by Governor Mike DeWine, due to problems in securing the drugs needed for lethal
List of people executed in the United States in 2021
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Topics referred to by the same term
plant that grows on its own, rather than being planted Volunteer (capital punishment), a prisoner who wishes to be sentenced to death A Volunteer, an 1860
Volunteer_(disambiguation)
1780 document establishing the law of settlers in present-day Tennessee
between May and Nathaniel Parker. Henry Baker became the first capital punishment case in Davidson County with the first death sentence of "hanged by the
Cumberland_Compact
when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia. For executions after the restoration of capital punishment
List of people executed in Alabama (pre-1972)
List_of_people_executed_in_Alabama_(pre-1972)
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal
List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
List_of_most_recent_executions_by_jurisdiction
2007 carjacking, rape, and murder of a couple in Knoxville, Tennessee
they had already received, and thus only Davidson was eligible for capital punishment. Prosecutors conceded Baumgartner had been impaired during Coleman's
Murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom
American murderer (1962–2010)
capital punishment, Louisiana was unable to carry out executions, despite capital punishment still being a legal penalty. The lawsuit was resolved in
Gerald_Bordelon
death row inmates in the United States § Federal Capital punishment by the United States federal government Capital punishment in the United States List
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convicted of first-degree murder. Capital punishment in Oklahoma Capital punishment in the United States List of people executed in Oklahoma (pre-1972) – executions
List of people executed in Oklahoma
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2018 execution in Ohio, U.S.
execution of Van Hook, there has been an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in the state, as a result of the unavailability of the drugs needed
Execution_of_Robert_Van_Hook
2025 United States Supreme Court case
evidence about her sex life. Murder of Rob Andrew Capital punishment in Oklahoma List of death row inmates in the United States § Oklahoma "Andrew v. White
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Law providing more severe penalties for repeat offenders
mandatory life sentence in prison, with or without parole depending on the jurisdiction. The purpose of the laws is to increase the punishment of those who continue
Three-strikes_law
people executed in the United States. The following are lists of people executed in the United States between 1900–1972. Capital punishment in the United States
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Act: 'Margaret Garner'". NPR. Baker, David V. (2015). Women and Capital Punishment in the United States: An Analytical History. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9780786499502
Suicide, infanticide, and self-mutilation by slaves in the United States
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Legislators in 19th Century Tennessee". state.tn.us. Retrieved April 3, 2018. "Tennessee Senate OKs bid to remove 'slavery' as punishment". ABC News.
Tennessee in the American Civil War
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first-degree murder, but its meaning varies widely. Capital punishment is a legal sentence in 27 states, and in the federal civilian and military legal systems
Murder_in_United_States_law
Part of the sentencing process in criminal law
are valued for restorative purposes but cannot differentiate punishment for causing death. In general terms, the person making the statement is allowed to
Victim_impact_statement
participating in a felony in which a murder was committed. The Court concluded that this evidence "weighs on the side of rejecting capital punishment for the
Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States
Felony_murder_and_the_death_penalty_in_the_United_States
people executed in the U.S. state of Kentucky before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia
List of people executed in Kentucky (pre-1972)
List_of_people_executed_in_Kentucky_(pre-1972)
Government agency in Tennessee, United States
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was established by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1967 to coordinate and support the efforts of higher
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Tennessee_Higher_Education_Commission
1999 film by Frank Darabont
terminally ill wife, Melinda. They confine Percy to a padded cell as punishment for torturing Del before sneaking John to the warden's home. John absorbs
The_Green_Mile_(film)
1647 criminal case
interesting buggery case" ever, it left an enduring mark in the history of capital punishment. Thomas Hogg was a servant from New Haven Colony, where the
New_Haven_v._Thomas_Hogg
2021 rape and murder of a young girl in Alabama
piece of his heart. Capital punishment in Alabama List of people executed in Alabama List of people executed in the United States in 2026 List of solved
Murder_of_Kamarie_Holland
American serial killer (1960–1994)
Gram to consider at the penalty phase, as Wisconsin had abolished capital punishment in 1853. Upon hearing of Dahmer's sentencing, his father Lionel and
Jeffrey_Dahmer
American murderer executed in California (1930–1967)
in California until 1992, when Robert Alton Harris was gassed. The gas chamber was ruled unconstitutional in California in 1996. Capital punishment in
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