Entries tagged with “Lee Hall”
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Clemency
,Upcoming Executions
,Dec 05, 2019
Tennessee Denies Clemency to Blind Prisoner, Permits His Execution Without Reviewing Juror’s Admission That She Was Biased Against Him
The state of Tennessee executed Lee Hall (pictured) on December 5, 2019, without providing him judicial review of a legal claim that led the state’s courts to overturn the conviction of a former death-row prisoner just weeks…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Upcoming Executions
,Nov 18, 2019
Juror Admits Bias in Tennessee Case With Pending Execution Date
A Tennessee death-row prisoner who is facing execution in early December is seeking to reverse his 1992 conviction and death sentence in light of new information that a juror who served on his case failed to disclose that she was biased against…