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Retired attorney of NE Tennessee's two death row inmates speaks on capital murder cases

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — As Tennessee's botched execution attempt of its only woman on death row grabs national attention, two men from our region await their fate: 75-year-old Howard Hawk Willis and 48-year-old Nickolus Johnson. Now-retired defense attorney Jim Bowman represented both of them. "My experience has been that we haven't done a very [...]

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Retired attorney of NE Tennessee's two death row inmates speaks on capital murder cases

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — As Tennessee's botched execution attempt of its only woman on death row grabs national attention, two men from our region await their fate: 75-year-old Howard Hawk Willis and 48-year-old Nickolus Johnson. Now-retired defense attorney Jim Bowman represented both of them. "My experience has been that we haven't done a very [...]

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WJHL broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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