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On February 3, 2019, NBC News reported that West was one of four condemned inmates from Tennessee who were scheduled to be executed by the state in 2019, with another two (including Nicholas Todd Sutton) planned for 2020. West's death sentence was tentatively slated to be carried out on August 15, 2019. [23] This arrangement was confirmed in ...
A middle school cheerleader in Tennessee was stabbed to death by a 15-year-old boy — and now prosecutors are aiming to try him as an adult. Savannah Copeland, a 13-year-old cheerleader at Powell ...
The family of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton held a press conference asking Gov. Bill Lee to examine the case for a potential pardon.
On May 20, 1981, in Knoxville, Tennessee, a 23-year-old mentally handicapped woman was murdered while on a date with her killer. [4]Prior to her murder, 23-year-old Lee Standifer, who suffered from mild mental disabilities due to diffused brain damage at the time of her birth, was a graduate of Farragut High School and a food processing plant employee of two years who lived at the YWCA in ...
Ismael Mena was shot eight times and killed when 14 SWAT officers entered the wrong house while conducting a no-knock raid. [12] 1999-09: Antonio Butler (19) Florida (Miami) Butler, an unarmed carjacking suspect, was shot dead by a Miami police Sergeant. [13] 1999-08-30: Gidone Busch (31) New York (Brooklyn)
Hendersonville police launched a death investigation after a Tennessee Department of Transportation subcontract worker found human remains in a tree line.
He was later spotted and shot after he was cornered near a creek by multiple police officers. However, his trial was delayed many times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 9, 2022, he was found fit to stand trial. [7] On August 16, 2023, Cummins pleaded guilty in the murders to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced to eight life sentences ...
On August 24, 2001, Cornett and death row inmate Christa Pike allegedly attacked fellow prisoner Patricia Jones, nearly strangling Jones to death with a shoelace after Pike and Jones were placed in a holding cell with Cornett during a fire alarm. Although the Department of Corrections believed that Cornett was involved, investigators found ...