The Tennessee Supreme Court has halted four executions originally scheduled to take place over the next year,
effectively suspending capital punishment in the state for the time being.
In an order filed Friday, the court said it was nullifying the execution dates for four inmates until a trial court weighs in on the challenges each inmate has filed against the state’s lethal injection protocol. Similarly, the court had already issued orders in recent months calling off other scheduled executions to allow for lower courts to act.
These last four executions were set to take place between October of this year and March 2016. By calling off these executions, the court canceled the final executions remaining on the calendar for Tennessee, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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