Darrell Hines’s lawyers ask supreme court to intervene, arguing he could face fate similar to failed execution in May
Tennessee is scheduled to execute a man this week despite bipartisan backlash after the state botched its previous lethal injection, which dragged on for more than an hour before it was canceled.
Darrell Hines, who was convicted of the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jackson Jenkins, a motel maid and mother of four, is due to be put to death on Thursday.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Sam Levin.
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