NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The state attorney general says Tennessee can lawfully use the electric chair on death row inmates if drugs used for lethal injection are not available.
Attorney General Bob Cooper’s written opinion was issued this week as lawmakers consider a bill that would allow electrocution if lethal injection isn’t available.
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