Tennessee halted the execution of Tony Carruthers after officials failed to find a vein for lethal injection drugs. Carruthers, convicted of a 1994 triple murder, has maintained his innocence and his attorneys raised concerns about the execution process and evidence.
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Rep. Steve Cohen announces he will not seek reelection after Tennessee’s GOP-led redistricting splits his Memphis district, a move he says dilutes Black voting power. Cohen may reconsider if legal challenges to the new map succeed.
Alabama passes legislation allowing new primary elections if courts permit use of a Republican-drawn congressional map that reduces Democratic seats. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act and is part of a wider southern GOP effort to redraw districts before the midterms.
Tennessee's Republican legislature approves a new congressional map that splits the state's majority-Black district in Memphis, a move expected to favor Republicans in the 2024 midterms. The redistricting follows a Supreme Court ruling limiting racial gerrymandering protections.
Following a Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee and Alabama governors call special sessions to redraw congressional maps. Other Southern states consider similar moves ahead of upcoming primaries.
Louisiana suspends its May 16 U.S. House primaries after the Supreme Court invalidates the state's congressional map for racial gerrymandering. Other races, including Senate primaries, will proceed as scheduled.
Memphis police are investigating the remains of three children found in a wooded area, believed to have been there for years. Authorities say the children, aged 3 to 7, do not match any local missing persons reports.
Nine people, including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30, face federal charges after allegedly kidnapping and robbing rapper Gucci Mane at a Dallas recording studio in January. The group reportedly forced Mane to sign contract release papers at gunpoint before robbing others in the studio.