Tennessee death penalty

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee prison officials say they won't publicly release the the state's latest manual for executing death row inmates. In an email Monday, Tennessee correction official Kayla Hackney denied a public records request from The Associated Press. She cited a state law protecting the identities of the executioner and other people involved. However, the law says confidential information should be redacted, and the fact that a record contains confidential information is not a reason to deny access to it.

Tennessee will soon resume executions, after an Associated Press investigation led the state to pause all lethal injections and redesign its protocol.

Tennessee is removing one state court's review before executing inmates under legislation signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.With Lee's approval Tuesday,…