Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate filed a request Wednesday to stop his execution, saying the man could be physically incapable of going through the state’s lethal injection protocol. Darrell Hines’ legal counsel filed motions in U.S. District Court for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to prevent him from being executed, based […]

A Tennessee man scheduled to be executed Thursday night for a 1986 murder is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his claim that he could suffer cruel and unusual punishment because of an “under-skilled” physician in charge of administering lethal drugs. Attorneys for Darrell Hines filed a petition with the nation’s high court Sunday […]