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This undated photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Billy Ray Irick, currently on death row at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn. Irick was convicted for raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1985, and is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)

Tennessee carries out its 1st execution in nearly a decade

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, Billy Ray Irick, on death row for raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1985, appears in a Knox County criminal courtroom in Knoxville, Tenn., arguing that he's too mentally ill to be executed by the state. The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to stay Thursday's Aug. 9, 2018, scheduled execution of the convicted child killer while the state's new lethal injection protocol continues to be challenged on appeal. The order brings Tennessee within days of killing Irick with a three-drug cocktail, barring some last-minute change. (Michael Patrick/The Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)

The Latest: Inmate just before execution: ‘I’m really sorry’

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Billy Ray Irick, currently on death row at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn. Irick was convicted for raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1985, and is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP)

Tennessee set to kill 1st inmate in nearly a decade

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Ray Krone, center, who was the 100th inmate exonerated from death row since the death penalty was reinstated, carries a box of petition signatures to be delivered to Gov. Bill Haslam after a protest against the death penalty Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. At left is Rev. Stacy Rector. Attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution for convicted child killer Billy Ray Irick after the Tennessee Supreme Court and governor decided against a delay. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to stay Tennessee execution

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Tennessee high court refuses to block looming execution

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Lawyer seeks stay in looming Tennessee execution amid appeal

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