Department of Correction
Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner

Number of Death Row: 81
Numbers Breakdown: 80 males and 1 female
43 White, 35 African Americans, 1 Hispanic, 1 Native American, 1 Asian

 

Where are they from?
52 inmates are from the largest metropolitan counties of
Shelby (32), Davidson (10), Knox (7), and Hamilton (3)

24 inmates were convicted in East Tennessee
23 inmates were convicted in Middle Tennessee
34 inmates were convicted in West Tennessee

 

Oldest on Death Row:
John Henretta, 2/12/43, 70 years old
Convicted in Bradley County
On Death Row since April 2002

 

Only Female on Death Row:
Christa Pike, 3/10/76, 37 years old
Convicted in Knox County
On Death Row since March 1996

 

Youngest Male on Death Row:
John Freeland, 11/1/82, 31 years old
Convicted in Madison County
On Death Row since May 2011

 

Longest Time on Death Row:
Donald Strouth, 1/9/59, 54 years old
Convicted in Sullivan County
On Death Row since September 1978

 

Last Person Sentenced to Death Row:
Rickey Bell, 9/02/79, 34 years old
Convicted in Tipton County
On Death Row since March 2012

Male inmates are housed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. 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, four inmates with three death sentences, one inmate with four death sentences, one inmate with six death sentences, and one inmate with seven death sentences.

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

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