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Tennessee Republican Proposes Using Lynching As Execution Method

By EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE Published Mar 4, 2023 ·Updated Oct 17, 2026

Topics

  • anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells
  • Black Star News
  • Calvin McDowell
  • hanging from a tree as an execution method
  • Henry Stewart
  • Lawmakers were discussing HB1245
  • racial terror lynchings of Black people in Tennessee
  • Rep. Paul Sherrell (R-Sparta)
  • Tennessee state lawmaker wants hanging from a tree
  • Thomas Moss

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