Tennessee Scheduled to Execute at Least Two More Death Row Inmates This Year

A week of state killings in America: Executions in Indiana, Texas and Tennessee

The three men executed this week all died by lethal injection. As is so often the case, their lives were plagued by either mental illness, mental disability, substance abuse, or a combination of these conditions.

Tennessee scheduled to execute at least two more death row inmates this year

Tennessee has resumed executions after years of COVID-19 delays and administrative pauses, and three more are scheduled this year. Earlier this year, the Tennessee Supreme Court set four execution dates. Oscar Franklin Smith was the first to be scheduled. Last week, he became the first to undergo lethal injection under the Department of Correction’s latest protocol. The next man to be put to death is Byron Black, who was convicted of killing his…