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Tennessee


State update

Link to Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Link to death penalty statute

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Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

February 27, 1974

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

Yes; also if the defendant was convicted of one or more previous violent felonies

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Nashville

Clemency process

Governor decides after a non-binding recommendation from a board or advisory group

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

2

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Electrocution

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 5


Pending Executions

Cecil Johnson Jr.: 12/2/2009
Devin Banks: 12/9/2009
Marlon Kiser: 5/19/2010

Contact the SDPAC for Tennessee

Send a message to the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Tennessee. Be sure to include your contact information so they can get back to you.

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