Interview: Dwight Aarons On The Death Penalty In Tennessee

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published May 6, 2015 at 4:00 AM EDT

The Tennessee Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether death row inmates can challenge the constitutionality of electrocution as a method of execution. The hearings stem from a lawsuit against the state by 34 death row inmates.

Dwight Aarons teaches criminal law at the University of Tennessee College of Law. He spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about the death penalty…

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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