Tennessee adopts new lethal injection protocol using pentobarbital, faces legal challenges and federal review.

Tennessee has developed a new lethal injection protocol using a single drug, pentobarbital, over two years after halting an execution due to protocol violations. The state's Department of Correction revised the protocol but has not released it to the public. Death row inmates are challenging the previous three-drug protocol in federal court, and the U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing the use of pentobarbital. No new execution dates have been set.

December 27, 2024
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