Tennessee halts executions to review lethal injection procedures

Published May 2, 2022 7:39pm ET



Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced on Monday that he will pause executions through the end of the year to conduct a review of the state’s lethal injection procedures.

An independent review, led by former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton, will look into questions surrounding the state’s testing of lethal injection chemicals and the adherence to the lethal injection process after an “oversight” forced the state to call off the execution of Oscar Smith last month.

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