File spoon-archives/foucault.archive/foucault_1994/F-4, message 38


Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 22:36:04 -0600
From: Landis Duffett <duffett-AT-mail.utexas.edu>
To: foucault-AT-world.std.com
Subject: Re: Damiens and Tennessee



>    Did I miss a post? What story is being referred to here? Since I am
>perhaps the only person on this list from Tennessee, I hate being left out
>on a subject such as this one.
>                                --Bob

The part of my posting being referred to follows. I believe that the
decision was made in Tennesse, but it might have been in another state.

>P.S. It is interesting to note that a judge in Tennessee (I think) has
>given permission for TV stations to broadcast an execution (the decision is
>currently under appeal). I myself believe as well that this decision does
>indeed harken back to the times of Damiens.



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