NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- Seven years ago, Philip Workman got the kind of ... which also would not comment on Workman's case. Since the 2000 ruling, Workman has had five execution dates.

says he "believes in the death penalty for heinous crimes," and that he will "weigh every case on its own merits." Dorsey has explained those choices to Workman. "Philip is a very strong person ...

In other words, the evidence in the case points to the shooting of Oliver as an instance of "friendly fire" by Officer Parker, not murder by Philip Workman. But Workman's defense attorneys during ...

“Philip Workman was trying to do a good deed and no ... and ended up with 12-gauge shotgun pellets in his buttocks. His case was filled with controversy about whether he actually fired the ...

Even many who favor executions were troubled by the Workman case. Tellingly ... a callous cogwheel in the machinery of murder. Like Philip Workman, our state’s highest law enforcement official ...

Hundreds of homeless people were treated to a pizza banquet - all thanks to the final request of a man who was executed just hours earlier. Philip Workman, 53, met his end in the early hours of ...

Philip Workman had turned down the usual final meal of his choice traditionally offered the condemned, asking instead that a vegetarian pizza be given to a homeless person. Prison officials ...

Philip Workman had turned down the usual final meal of his choice traditionally offered the condemned, asking instead that a vegetarian pizza be given to a homeless person. Prison officials ...