As a Tennessean who has spent the last 40 years advocating on behalf of individuals living with intellectual disability and their families, I believe that, in many ways, our state is a leader in ...

Attorneys for a 68-year-old death row inmate set to be executed Aug. 5 are asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide whether he is ineligible for ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Advocates for those with intellectual disabilities sent a letter to Governor Bill Lee requesting he commute the sentence of a man whose execution they argue would violate the ...

As Angela Clay and her two young daughters slept in their Nashville home, a killer approached. They didn't stand a chance. Clay and her eldest daughter, 9-year-old Latoya, were found shot dead in bed.

Tennessee is scheduled to execute Byron Black on August 5th despite evidence of intellectual disability. Black's intellectual disability is undisputed by experts and even acknowledged by the State. A ...