“As controversies over lethal injection drugs surge, Tennessee has found a way around the issue: It is bringing back the electric chair. Eight states authorize electrocution as a method of execution but only at the inmate’s discretion. Now Tennessee is the first state to make use of the electric chair mandatory when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.”
Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/22/us/tennessee-executions/
Ben Mankiewicz (http://www.twitter.com/benmank77) of The Young Turks breaks down the change in capital punishment laws across the country. Do you support the death penalty? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.