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Tennessee Governor Signs Measure Allowing the Electric Chair

HeadlineMay 23, 2014

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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