Death Row Inmate
Coverage of Death Row Inmate in the Nexus archive.
- Tennessee to execute Anthony Hines as attorneys raise concerns over health, execution team
Tennessee is set to execute death row inmate Anthony Darrell Hines on Thursday morning. This planned execution comes less than three months after the state's last failed attempt at an execution. Furthermore, attorneys have raised concerns regarding both his health and the execution team.
- Family of death row inmate blames doctor in botched execution
The family of a Tennessee death row inmate has filed a complaint against a doctor, accusing them of ethics violations following a botched execution in May due to IV insertion problems.
- Court turns down appeals by elementary school student on AR-15 hat, death row inmate claiming racial discrimination in jury selection
The Supreme Court denied appeals from an elementary school student barred from wearing an AR-15 baseball cap to school and a death row inmate claiming racial discrimination in jury selection. The student argued her hat was protected free speech under the First Amendment, while school officials cited concerns about potential emotional harm following a nearby school shooting. The court upheld a lower court's decision, citing no new cases for the 2026-27 term.