Overview
- Nichols, 64, was pronounced dead at 10:39 a.m. at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution following a lethal injection.
- In his final statement, he apologized to those he harmed and said he was ready to "go home."
- Pulley’s family said they had waited 37 years for justice and marked the day by honoring her life.
- Gov. Bill Lee denied clemency earlier in the week after years of appeals and reviews of execution procedures.
- Officials said the execution used Tennessee’s single-drug method and was the 46th in the U.S. this year, the state’s third under the new protocol.