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Interview: Dwight Aarons On The Death Penalty In Tennessee

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The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether death row inmates can challenge the constitutionality of electrocution as a method of execution. The hearings stem from a lawsuit against the state by 34 death row inmates.

Dwight Aarons teaches criminal law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the death penalty…