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A Supreme Court order filed February 19 adds to comments for Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 8, RPC 3.5(c) to clarify that attorneys are permitted to communicate with jurors or prospective jurors after the jury has been discharged "unless the communication is
prohibited by law or a court order entered in…
The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for an upcoming Criminal Court Judge vacancy in Hamilton County as well as a Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 22nd Judicial District – Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties. Judge Rebecca J. Stern of…
The Tennessee Supreme Court today has agreed to decide whether a death row inmate can properly challenge the constitutionality of the possibility of electrocution as a method of execution.
The lawsuit by 34 death row inmates challenges several aspects of Tennessee’s death penalty protocol…