Tag Archives: Tennessee

Death row inmate Nicholas Sutton was executed this week, despite pleas from prison staff and a former federal judge to spare the life of the prisoner credited with saving the lives of prison guards while behind bars. As the Equal Justice Initiative noted, the 58-year-old convicted murderer was killed by electrocution after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee denied a clemency application ...

About 300 white nationalists and neo-Nazis have held back-to-back rallies in two small Tennessee cities to protest refugee resettlement in the state, which sued the U.S. government over the issue earlier this year. CBC | World News

A masked gunman invaded a Nashville church Sunday and opened fire, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants. At least one person was killed and seven others wounded, authorities said. CBC | World News