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Tennessee Justice Project names new director

Bredesen legislative aide leaves to head up local branch of national organization

Tennessee moves closer to executing first woman

Sixth Circuit denies appeal to woman convicted in murder for hire of husband

Nashville now and then: A lawyer's last gamble

How one local attorney's desperate meddling almost spared the Rosenbergs from the electric chair
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Bonnyman rules for the Scene in open-records case

Chancellor says the alt-weekly has the right to access documents concerning the development of new execution protocols

Nashville Scene sues state over death penalty protocols

Weekly seeks to learn how officials are developing new death penalty protocols

Sedley Alley put to death at Riverbend Prison

Execution for Memphis murder follows late intervention by Nashville-based 6th Circuit Judge Gil Merritt

State lambastes Merritt's ruling that stays Alley execution

Late-night maneuvers continue after jurist holds up scheduled lethal injection

Reid execution on hold

UPDATE 2:30 : Federal Judge halts Reid execution to hold competency hearings

Alley granted 15-day reprieve

Governor extends execution date to allow time for DNA testing

Sixth Circuit denial in Alley case adds to pressure on Bredesen

Five judges dissent from ruling, saying execution would mean court 'locked the barn door after the horse has already escaped'

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