NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee will step up its number of executions next year.

Four people are scheduled to be executed in 2026, which follows three executions this year.

It comes after Governor Bill Lee called for a pause in executions in 2022, because of concerns about process.

The review found flaws, and led to a new lethal injection protocol, but after the three executions in 2025, attorneys are raising new concerns.

They are concerned the state may be using expired drugs which would be less potent and could lead to suffering.

A judge ordered the state to release the expiration dates of the primary drug it uses, but the state appealed the decision and the information was not released prior this week's execution of Harold Wayne Nichols.

"The state was very much opposed to gi

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