Tennessee man faces 15 years to life in prison on federal firearm conviction

A Tennessee man is facing 15 years to life in prison following his conviction this week in federal court on a count of being ...

TN inmate Harold Wayne Nichols moved to death watch, denied clemency

Nichols was sentenced to death for the brutal beating and rape of 20-year-old Karen Pulley. His attorneys filed a clemency ...

Tennessee death row inmate declines to pick execution method, defaults to lethal injection

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection before his ...
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Media coalition sues Tennessee prison officials to get more access to executions

A coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media's ...

Daughter of Middle Tennessee sheriff sentenced to decades in prison over child abuse convictions

The daughter of a sheriff in Middle Tennessee has been sentenced to decades in prison following her child abuse ...
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Tennessee town approves deals to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility

MASON, Tenn. (AP) — Officials in a rural Tennessee town voted Tuesday to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite ...