There are 2 article(s) tagged death penalty:

• June 2019

  • Family of executed man seeks to have DNA in case tested

    The daughter of Sedley Alley, the man convicted in the 1985 brutal murder and rape of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Marie Collins in Millington, is seeking to have the DNA evidence in the case tested, some 13 years after her father was executed for the slaying. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 03, 2019

• March 2019

  • Death penalty opponents call for alternatives, reform

    Tennessee officials have defended capital punishment, saying it brings justice to victims' families. But at a recent discussion at LeMoyne-Owen College, panelists with personal stories about death row said the system is broken.

    By Yolanda Jones March 22, 2019