Tennessee District Court's lethal injection hold

The U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee , Wednesday, postponed the execution of Edward Harbison next week in finding that that state’s new protocol for administering lethal injections “does not ensure that inmates are properly anesthetized before the lethal injection is administered, which could result in a terrifying, excruciating death.” (Decision)

Tennessee, like Ohio, now joins Florida, Missouri, Maryland, California, Delaware, Texas, Arkansas, South Dakota, and North Carolina as states employing lethal injection, but having further executions either blocked or postponed. (See Here)

The decision’s reached national and some international attention.