A group of United Methodist leaders is urging Gov. Bill Haslam and state lawmakers to reconsider a bill that starting July 1 would allow Tennessee to execute death row inmates via the electric chair in the event the state is unable to obtain drugs used for lethal injections.
United Methodists Opposed to the Death Penalty plans a prayer vigil at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Legislative Plaza. Members are also attempting to make arrangements to deliver to the governor's office a letter from Nashville area Bishop William T. McAlilly.
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