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How A Tennessee Execution Gone Wrong Connects To Arizona’s Capital Punishment Troubles
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 1, 6:02 PM MST
updated Oct 3, 9:13 PM MST
Topic
Local News
Reported by Arizona Mirror, KPNX and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How a Tennessee execution gone wrong connects to Arizona’s capital punishment troubles · Arizona MirrorOct 1, 6:02 PM MST
Tennessee inmate survives execution attempt, similar to an Arizona case from 2014 · KPNXOct 1, 6:11 PM MST
Tennessee execution problems tie back to former Arizona corrections official · KPHO (Arizona's Family CBS 5)Oct 2, 5:55 PM MST
Arizona's history of botched executions resurfaces after Tennessee lethal injection fails · KSAZ-TVOct 2, 9:37 PM MST
Resigned Tennessee prison chief oversaw troubled Arizona executions · KSAZ-TVOct 3, 9:13 PM MST
How It Unfolded
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How We Decided
Oct 2, 7:45 PM MSTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 2, 8:18 PM MSTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.