The federal government will no longer use pentobarbital in executions due to concerns of "unnecessary pain and suffering," a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Right before the turn of the new year, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) announced it ...

Details about the new protocol were not made publicly available. Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender’s habeas unit that represents many of the state's death row inmates ...

Kelley Henry, chief of the federal public defender's habeas unit that represents many of Tennessee's death row inmates, said the announcement was "notable for its lack of detail." "The secrecy ...

Kelley Henry is an attorney for two people who had their death row sentences commuted Monday: Rejon Taylor, who was convicted in Tennessee in 2008 of carjacking, kidnapping and the murder of an ...

"TDOC’s press release regarding the announcement of a new protocol is notable for its lack of detail," said Kelley Henry, who works in the Federal Public Defender's office in Middle Tennessee ...

"We know from the scientific data that single drug pentobarbital results in pulmonary edema, which has been likened to waterboarding," said Kelley Henry, a Federal public defender. Death row ...

Taylor's case is emblematic of everything that is wrong with the federal death penalty, said public defender Kelley Henry, who said she is profoundly grateful for his commutation. Henry is the ...