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Court declines to intervene in upcoming Tennessee execution

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Court declines to intervene in upcoming Tennessee executionTwo days before a Tennessee prisoner’s scheduled execution, the state’s Supreme Court has denied request for more time to consider the possible bias of a juror who helped hand down the original death sentence decades ago. It’s a method selected by three out of the five past death row inmates put to death since Tennessee started resuming executions in August 2018. This omission, Hall’s attorneys argue, deprived the 53-year-old Hall of a fair and impartial jury — a right protected in both the Tennessee and U.S. constitutions.

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