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May 23, 2014

Tennessee Governor Signs Measure Allowing the Electric Chair 
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In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a measure allowing the state
to execute prisoners using the electric chair, if lethal injection drugs
become unavailable. The move comes as Wyoming lawmakers consider
allowing execution by firing squad. States are seeing a shortage in
death penalty drugs after European makers have barred their use in
executions. Lawsuits challenging the replacement drugs used under
states' secrecy laws have successfully delayed several executions.

 

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