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Stockard on the Stump: Republican lawmaker’s apology on “hanging” seems hollow

States Newsroom · October 23, 2026

A Tennessee Republican lawmaker is reiterating support for public hangings three years after giving a half-baked apology for calling for a return to “hanging from a tree” as a form of capital punishment. State Rep. Paul Sherrell of Sparta said in a recent political forum in McMinnville that a “good hanging right here…

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Stockard on the Stump: Republican lawmaker’s apology on “hanging” seems hollow

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