CNN: Tennessee is the first state to make use of the electric chair mandatory when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
CNN: Tennessee is the first state to make use of the electric chair mandatory when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed the measure into law Thursday.
“This is unusual and might be both cruel and unusual punishment,” said Richard Dieter, president of the Death Penalty Information Center.
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