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Tenn. governor stops executions pending procedural review
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2007/02/02 16:24
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Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen issued an executive order Thursday, directing the Tennessee Commissioner of Corrections to conduct a "comprehensive review of the manner in which death sentences are administered... and provide new protocols and related written procedures in administering death sentences in Tennessee" no later than May 2, 2007. Executive Order No. 43 also grants reprieves to four inmates on death row until May 2, 2007, and revoked existing procedures and related protocols used to administer the death penalty. Tennessee currently administers the death penalty by lethal injection and electrocution. Last week, a North Carolina state judge issued an injunction blocking two executions until Governor Mike Easley issues new procedures to execute capital defendants without the presence of doctors. Capital punishment has also been suspended in Florida and California. In early-January, the New Jersey Death Penalty Commission recommended abolishing the death penalty and replacing it with a life sentence without the possibility of parole. An increased number of states have begun to review the administration of the death penalty following the botched execution of Angel Diaz in December 2006. |
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