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Tennessee Set to Break a 200-Year Streak by Executing the Only Woman on Death Row for a Crime That Shocked the Nation
For more than two centuries, the state of Tennessee has maintained a remarkable and little-known distinction: no woman has been executed by the state during that time. That historic streak is now on the verge of ending as Tennessee prepares to carry out the execution of the only woman currently on its death row—a case that has generated intense national attention, legal debate, and emotional reactions from both supporters and opponents of capital punishment.
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