State ordered to state whether it will use doctor involved in failed execution

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 362

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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A Davidson County judge is requiring the state to reveal whether it plans to use the same doctor involved in a botched May execution in the Aug. 13 lethal injection scheduled for death row inmate Darrell Hines.

Chancellor Russell Perkins granted the request of Hines’ attorneys, compelling the Department of Correction to state whether Dr. Mark Fowler will oversee Hines’ execution after they argued that his lack of medical skills contributed to the failed execution …

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