Tennessee lawmaker Paul Sherrell faced fierce criticism for ‘grotesque suggestion’ in southern state with history of lynchings
: “This is UNREAL! … How in 2023 can a government official have such a grotesque suggestion leave his mouth?!”“My exaggerated comments were intended to convey my belief that for the cruelest and most heinous crimes, a just society requires the death penalty in kind,” he said.
“Although a victim’s family cannot be restored when an execution is carried out, a lesser punishment undermines the value we place on protecting life.”47 inmates on death row in Tennessee.since 2018, regarding the improper testing of lethal injection drugs.in January there would be no more executions until action had been taken “to fix the protocol”.to the state government, “until 1913, all individuals convicted of a capital offense were hanged.
“… From 1913 to 1915, there was no capital punishment in Tennessee … From 1916 until 1960, 125 persons were executed by electrocution in Tennessee. “In 2000, lethal injection replaced electrocution as the primary method of execution. In September, 2007 the first electrocution in 47 years was carried out.”
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