Department of Correction
George M. Little, Commissioner

Number of Death Row: 89
Numbers Breakdown: 87 males and 2 females
48 White, 38 African Americans, 1 Hispanic, 1 Native American, 1 Asian

Where are they from?
58 inmates are from the largest metropolitan counties of
Shelby (36), Davidson (12), Knox (6), and Hamilton (4)

24 inmates were convicted in East Tennessee
22 inmates were convicted in Middle Tennessee
43 inmates were convicted in West Tennessee

Oldest on Death Row:
John Henretta, 2/12/43, 66 years old
Convicted in Bradley County
On Death Row since April 2002

Youngest Female on Death Row:
Christa Pike, 3/10/76, 33 years old
Convicted in Knox County
On Death Row since March 1996

Youngest Male on Death Row:
Devin Banks, 8/2/83, 25 years old
Convicted in Shelby County
On Death Row since April 2005

Longest Time on Death Row:
Donald Strouth, 1/9/59, 50 years old
Convicted in Sullivan County
On Death Row since September 1978

Last Person Sentenced to Death Row:
Henry Jones, 8/23/63, 45 years old
Convicted in Shelby County
On Death Row since May 2009

Most male inmates are housed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, but for security reasons, some of them can be housed at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg. Two inmates with the death penalty are currently housed at Morgan County.

Female inmates sentenced to death are housed at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville.

The following number of inmates have multiple death sentences: 12 inmates with two death sentences, five inmates with three death sentences, one inmate with four death sentences, and one inmate with seven death sentences.

(Click here for a list of offenders currently on death row.)

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