Lawmaker Proposes ‘Hanging on a Tree’ as Execution Method

LYNCHING LUNACY

Republican Paul Sherrell’s attempt to add a grotesque amendment to Tennessee’s death penalty options ignores his state’s shameful history of lynching.

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Published Mar. 1 2023 5:14PM EST

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The House Criminal Justice Committee of the Tennessee legislature was discussing a bill to add the firing squad to electrocution and lethal injection as the state’s death penalty options when Rep.

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Lawmaker Proposes ‘Hanging on a Tree’ as Execution Method

Republican Paul Sherrell’s attempt to add a grotesque amendment to Tennessee’s death penalty options ignores his state’s shameful history of lynching.

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Michael Daly

Lawmaker Proposes ‘Hanging on a Tree’ as Execution Method

Republican Paul Sherrell’s attempt to add a grotesque amendment to Tennessee’s death penalty options ignores his state’s shameful history of lynching.

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