Tennessee House Passes Bill To Bypass Court Of Appeals In Death Penalty Cases

Nashville Tennessean, The Tennessean
Mon, 03/18/2019 - 5:47pm

The "Sgt. Daniel Baker Act" was named after a Dickson County sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty in May 2018.

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