TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 3, 2025

A coalition of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media’s access and hamper thorough and accurate reporting. The group, which includes the Nashville Banner, Nashville Public Radio and The Associated Press, argues that media members should be given access to the full execution process. Under current protocols — which went into effect in January — media are allowed to view condemned individuals only after they already are strapped to a gurney and hooked up to IV lines. The group also complains that officials give no indication as to when injections begin. Read more from WPLN.