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    Tennessee Death Row Facts

    Number of Death Row: 86
    Numbers Breakdown: 85 males and 1 female
    48 White, 35 African Americans, 1 Hispanic, 1 Native American, 1 Asian
    Where are they from?
    55 inmates are from the largest metropolitan counties of
    Shelby (33), Davidson (11), Knox (7), and Hamilton (4)
    26 inmates were convicted in East Tennessee
    21 inmates were convicted in Middle Tennessee
    39 inmates were convicted in West Tennessee
    Oldest on Death Row:
    John Henretta, 2/12/43, 67 years old
    Convicted in Bradley County
    On Death Row since April 2002
    Youngest Female on Death Row:
    Christa Pike, 3/10/76, 34 years old
    Convicted in Knox County
    On Death Row since March 1996
    Youngest Male on Death Row:
    Devin Banks, 8/2/83, 27 years old
    Convicted in Shelby County
    On Death Row since April 2005
    Longest Time on Death Row:
    Donald Strouth, 1/9/59, 51 years old
    Convicted in Sullivan County
    On Death Row since September 1978
    Last Person Sentenced to Death Row:
    Howard Willis, 3/17/51, 59 years old
    Convicted in Washington County
    On Death Row since June 2010

    Most male inmates are housed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, but for security reasons, some of them can be housed at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg. Three inmates with the death penalty are currently housed at Morgan County.


    Female inmates sentenced to death are housed at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville.


    The following number of inmates have multiple death sentences: 14 inmates with two death sentences, four inmates with three death sentences, one inmate with four death sentences, and one inmate with seven death sentences.




    http://www.tn.gov/correction/deathfacts.html

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    Life on Death Row

    Today, inmates sentenced to death are primarily housed in a separate unit at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution except for a few inmates who may be housed at the Morgan County Correctional Complex located about 45 miles northwest of Knoxville. The one female inmate sentenced to death is housed at the Tennessee Prison for Women located in Nashville.

    The housing and supervision of "death row" inmates are strictly guided by policies and procedures developed by the department. For example, the department has developed a management tool of behavioral levels to supervise these inmates on a daily basis. They are all maximum-security inmates, but they are classified into behavioral levels of A, B, and C. When an inmate sentenced to death first enters the prison system, he or she is a level C, the lowest level. After 18 months, the inmate is reclassified, based on behavior, with the possibility or reaching the next level of B. Then level A can be attained by the inmate. Reaching level A or B means more privileges for the inmate, such as more phone and visitation privileges. Only those inmates with the level A can apply for the few jobs available of death row-- cleaning, food preparation and data entry. An inmate can go to a lower level for misconduct.

    The inmates at Unit 2 at Riverbend are awakened around 5:30 a.m. Three meals per day are served to them in their cells. Two meals are served on weekends and holidays. Breakfast is at 7 a.m., lunch at 11, and dinner at 5 p.m. Lights are out by 9 p.m. daily.

    For the very few death row inmates housed at Morgan County Correctional Complex, life consists of being locked in their cells 23-hours a day except for an hour of the day for exercise. They have been placed there for a specific reason, such as behavioral problems or security.

    Female death row inmates are subject to similar policies as their male counterparts; however they are not housed in a separate housing unit because of the small number of females sentenced to death.

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    Death Row Facts

    Number on Death Row: 61
    Numbers Breakdown: 60 males and 1 female
    31 White, 28 African Americans, 1 Hispanic, 1 Asian

    Where are they from?
    42 offenders are from the largest metropolitan counties:
    Shelby (27), Davidson (6), Knox (6), and Hamilton (3)

    16 offenders were convicted in East Tennessee
    11 offenders were convicted in Middle Tennessee
    34 offenders were convicted in West Tennessee

    Oldest on Death Row:
    Leonard Jasper Young, 1/22/45, 72 years old
    Convicted in Shelby County
    On Death Row since November 2002

    Only Female on Death Row:
    Christa Pike, 3/10/76, 41 years old
    Convicted in Knox County
    On Death Row since March 1996

    Youngest Male on Death Row:
    Urshawn Miller, 1/06/89, 29 years old
    Convicted in Madison County
    On Death Row since March 2018

    Longest Time on Death Row:
    David Miller, 7/16/57, 60 years old
    Convicted in Knox County
    On Death Row since March 1982

    Last Person Sentenced to Death Row:
    Urshawn Miller, 1/06/89, 29 years old
    Convicted in Madison County
    On Death Row since March 2018

    Male offenders are housed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Female offenders sentenced to death are housed at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville.

    The following number of offenders have multiple death sentences: 7 offenders with two death sentences, five offenders with three death sentences and one offender with six death sentences.

    Click here to view a list of offenders currently on death row.
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    Currently 43 inmates are eligible for the electric chair.

    https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...on/1855440002/

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    Does the state have the right to use electrocution if no LI drugs are available?
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
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    Electrocution is an alternative as a backup method after lethal injection. Anyone who committed a crime before 1999 who was sentenced to death for that crime could sign a waiver stating they choose death by electrocution. Irick and 32 other death row offenders sued the state in early 2018. The Tennessee Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court also declined to intervene in Irick's case therefore Irick was executed by lethal injection. Zagorski who did not sue the state was scheduled for lethal injection, however Zagorski was stayed by a 10-day reprieve by Governor Bill Haslam. When that reprieve was uplifted, Zagorski requested to die by the electric chair in October 2018 as the crimes he committed was in the 1980's. He was subsequently sentenced to death by the electric chair in 1984.

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