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Tennessee set to execute man despite botched attempt on another prisoner

Darrell Hines’s lawyers ask supreme court to intervene, arguing he could face fate similar to failed execution in May

The Guardian - US · Aug 12

Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again

Carruthers’ court case was fraught with problems. A second execution attempt would be the kind of cruelty no decent society should countenance

The Guardian - US · May 26

New Florida legislation would let judges impose death penalties if juries don’t

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could soon be the only state where a judge could override a jury’s recommendation for a life sentence and give the death penalty instead, under proposed legislation to re-craft Florida’s capital punishment system.

Miami Herald · Feb 2, 2023