BILL TO PROTECT DISABLED FROM DEATH SENTENCE HEADED TO GOVERNOR’S DESK

NASHVILLE– A bill that would allow intellectually disabled inmates on death row the opportunity to have their sentences altered passed the State House and Senate this evening and is now headed to the Governor’s desk. HB1062 was filed by Rep. David Hawk of Greenville and co-sponsored by Memphis Representative G. A Hardaway.  Rep. Hardaway filed…

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HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS APPLAUDS DECISION TO MOVE FORREST BUST

NASHVILLE—The House Democratic Caucus today is praising a decision by the Tennessee Historical Commission to relocate the bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol to the Tennessee state museum. The commission today voted overwhelmingly, 25 to 1, to move that statue and two others to the museum where they will become…

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