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Legal battle intensifies over Tennessee's execution protocol

Headline from WREG Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two botched executions in Tennessee are now part of a growing legal battle over the state's death penalty. A judge is allowing death row inmates to expand their lawsuit challenging Tennessee's lethal injection protocol.

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  1. WKRN Nashville

    Judge allows Tennessee death row inmates to include botched executions in lawsuit (opens WKRN Nashville)

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    WKRN Nashville's feed description

    Two failed executions in Tennessee are now at the center of a growing legal battle over the state's lethal injection protocol after a judge ruled in favor of death row inmates Friday.

  2. WREG Memphis

    Legal battle intensifies over Tennessee's execution protocol (opens WREG Memphis)

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    WREG Memphis's feed description

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two botched executions in Tennessee are now part of a growing legal battle over the state's death penalty. A judge is allowing death row inmates to expand their lawsuit challenging Tennessee's lethal injection protocol.

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