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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Adrian Sainz

Law letting Tennessee attorney general argue certain capital cases is constitutional, court rules

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A Tennessee law giving the appointed state attorney general authority to argue certain death penalty cases and removing that power from the hands of locally elected district attorneys is constitutional, an appeals court has ruled.

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