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Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’

Seven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an inordinate amount of time, a Washington DC study reveals

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Report: Executions continued decline but many 'botched'

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022

The Independent UK

Tennesseans misunderstand abortion law, want exceptions

New Vanderbilt University polling has found that most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban

The Independent UK

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Tennessee eyes $2M in contracts to test 1000 rape kits

Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is seeking $2 million in contracts with outside labs to process 1,000 rape kits that need to be tested before the end of June

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Tennessee roads plan mulls toll lanes, electric car fee hike

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering introducing express toll lanes on highways and tripling a fee for electric car owners as he looks for ways to pay for tens of billions of dollars in roadway projects

The Independent UK

Alabama halts executions; can't fix them

After a gruesome series of executions gone wrong, Gov. Kay Ivey hits pause. But there's no fixing the death penalty

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Alabama governor demands pause in executions after third failed lethal injection attempt

Alabama governor Kay Ivey has demanded a pause in executions and review of the state's capital punishment system after the failed attempt to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday

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Tennessee GOP Gov. Lee faces Democrat Jason Martin

Republican Gov. Bill Lee breezed by without a primary challenger in Tennessee

The Independent UK

Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against

Tennessee’s conservative attorney general and Nashville’s liberal district attorney are at odds over whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and consequently should not be executed

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Tenn. Gov. Lee looks past Democrat Martin in reelection bid

Jason Martin has spent more than two years trying to get Gov. Bill Lee’s attention in Tennessee

The Independent UK

Utah Senate race: Referendum on direction Trump has led GOP

Just weeks before the Nov. 8 election, Utah’s senior senator, Republican Mike Lee, is now acknowledging a real political threat from Evan McMullin

The Independent UK

As charter schools spread across Ohio Valley, a controversial curriculum begins to take hold

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What links David O Russell’s crime romp Amsterdam to Gloria Steinem and Bob Dylan?

Ahead of the shouty director’s latest film, we venture down the rabbit hole with Christian Bale, Julianne Moore and Spike Lee

The Guardian - UK

VUMC to pause, review gender-affirming surgeries for minors

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that they are pausing gender affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices

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Untested rape kits plagued Memphis long before jogger case

Memphis' long-held problems with testing rape kits quickly have come under renewed scrutiny with Cleotha Henderson's arrest last month in the killing of Eliza Fletcher, a mother and kindergarten teacher who was abducted while jogging

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Tennessee fast-tracks new forensic jobs amid rape kit delays

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and top legislative leaders announced Thursday that they will fast-track more money to hire 25 additional forensic lab positions to help speed up the processing of sexual assault kits

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Social media posts spark calls to investigate Tenn.'s VUMC

Tennessee Gov_ Bill Lee has called for an investigation into a pediatric transgender health clinic after videos surfaced on social media of staffers touting that gender-affirming procedures are “huge money makers."

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Amid Hillsdale fallout, Tenn. staffers fretted about optics

Tennessee state staffers watched intently this summer while local school officials voted down a contentious Hillsdale College-linked charter school

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Shooting spree and Eliza Fletcher kidnapping in Memphis raise new concerns about parole

Experts say harsher parole rules won’t stop violent crime

Salon

Charter-school war heats up in Tennessee

After right-wing education hero insults teachers, Tennesseans push back on Bill Lee's charter plan. Is it too late?

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They pledged not to prosecute abortions. The reality is tougher

When the U.S. Supreme Court toppled the constitutional right to abortion, some prosecutors in cities and counties across the country vowed to refrain from enforcing new state-imposed bans on the procedure. Such promises may be hard to keep.

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Doctor critical of lax COVID rules wins Tenn. Dem gov race

A Nashville doctor critical of Republican Gov. Bill Lee's hands-off approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has won the Democratic nomination for governor

The Independent UK

GOP eyes Nashville seat for flip; Dems vie to face governor

Tennessee Republicans are set to settle a nine-way primary in a reconfigured congressional district in Nashville they are hoping to flip

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The Guardian - US

After the long wait, US parents seeking under-5s’ vaccine face yet more hurdles

Some local officials are unsure of how to order Covid vaccines or when they will arrive, while others are aiming to ignore federal guidelines completely

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