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A Tennessee death row inmate who had terminal cancer and pleaded with the state to let him die naturally took his last breath Friday - three months ahead of his scheduled execution.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate who had terminal cancer has died months before his October execution. The Tennessean reports 64-year-old Charles Walton Wright died Friday at ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings.