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Federal judge stays Tennessee execution...
On Sept. 2 a federal judge temporarily blocked the execution of Philip Workman, a convicted killer who had been scheduled to die on Sept. 22. Workman has been on death row since 1982 for killing a Memphis police officer, but has now had his execution delayed twice by courts who are unsure of his trial’s accuracy. Workman claims that his trial was unfair due to a dishonest witness and a false X-ray documentation, both of which he feels influenced the jury even though they were stricken from the record.
TennCare patients plea to Gov. Bredesen...
TennCare patients and advocates made a plea to Gov. Phil Bredesen earlier this month to help define areas over the overhauled program, and called the potential damage under his program “frightening”. Their main concern comes from several areas of the TennCare plan that use ambiguous words and phrases such as “medical necessity” and “alternative possibilities”, which may increase the likelihood of a patient being denied under the state plan and required to file medical insurance under a more expensive private plan. Bredesen has not yet allowed review of the plan, although numerous protestors and the threat of law suits have forced the governor to promise that “The new TennCare plan will not be fully authorized and put into action until I’m sure than all Tennesseans will receive fair and quality treatment.”