Bramble: Tennessee https://news.ketelle.co.uk/entities/tennessee Stories involving Tennessee, told neutrally, with how each side covers them. en-gb Sen. Hagerty asks Tennessee bar board to pursue disbarment of Jack Smith https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/republican-senator-files-disbarment-complaint-against-jack-smith https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/republican-senator-files-disbarment-complaint-against-jack-smith Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:10:25 +0100 US Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) filed a complaint with Tennessee's attorney disciplinary board asking it to seek the disbarment of former special counsel Jack Smith over a nondisclosure order tied to senators' phone records. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) Federal appeals court halts Christa Pike's Tennessee execution an hour before it was due https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/federal-appeals-court-halts-christa-pike-s-execution-in-tennessee https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/federal-appeals-court-halts-christa-pike-s-execution-in-tennessee Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:13:34 +0100 US The Sixth Circuit stayed Christa Pike's execution on 30 September to review whether her childhood sexual abuse was fully considered at sentencing. Tennessee has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift the stay. (29 outlets: 10 left · 9 centre · 10 right) Tennessee schedules execution of Christa Pike, first woman put to death there in 200 years https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/tennessee-set-to-execute-a-woman-for-first-time-in-200-years https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/tennessee-set-to-execute-a-woman-for-first-time-in-200-years Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:00:55 +0100 US Tennessee scheduled the lethal injection of Christa Pike, 50, for Wednesday 30 September over a 1995 murder. Gov. Bill Lee denied clemency and the US Supreme Court declined to halt it. (16 outlets: 8 left · 4 centre · 4 right) Tennessee health workers urge removing medics from executions after failed lethal injection https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/tennessee-health-workers-say-execution-rules-flout-medical-ethics https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/tennessee-health-workers-say-execution-rules-flout-medical-ethics Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:39 +0100 Health After a failed lethal injection in May, more than 40 Tennessee doctors and nurses asked the governor to pause executions and bar health workers from the process. The governor has refused a pause; a later NPR version says a federal appeals court halted the next scheduled execution. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right)