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  • [Tennessee] Two inmates scheduled for execution Wednesday

    06/24/2006 9:37:25 PM PDT · by SmithL · 32 replies · 1,403+ views
    AP ^ | 6/25/6 | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II
    NASHVILLE - Tennessee has executed only one death row inmate since the Supreme Court decided to allow states to reinstate the death penalty in 1976. But that could change Wednesday with inmates Paul Dennis Reid and Sedley Alley scheduled to be executed by lethal injection within hours of each other. With appeals pending, it still is possible that both men could get a stay, but correction officials are getting ready for a double-execution just in case. "We're going forward as if both executions will happen that day," said Correction Department spokeswoman Dorinda Carter. Even though the death penalty remains politically...