In Tennessee, the first exoneration achieved by the Tennessee Innocence Project involved a person who pled guilty to a lesser sentence for murder and was later fully exonerated by DNA evidence.

(AP) — Tennessee Republican Gov ... Lee has only issued one exoneration while in office, in which the governor declares that the applicant didn’t commit the crime. Other governors are likewise ...

State legislators passed a bill Tuesday requiring more transparency in DUI arrests throughout the state, after a year-long ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction would ... uncle when they were incarcerated together and what he'd do if he was exonerated. Sutton was given an execution date in 2022, but the date was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Paul “Greg” House, who spent two decades on Tennessee's death row before he was finally freed, and later campaigned against the death penalty, died on March 22 at the age ...

Communities in West Tennessee saw more than 12 inches of rain since Wednesday night. Preliminary assessments show at least one EF-3 tornado touched ground in Tennessee. Middle and West Tennessee ...

and then spent eleven years doing appellate and habeas work for the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee. Over the course of her career, she has participated in three ...