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Bill Lee Denies Clemency, Keeping Anthony Hines Execution

8/13/2026

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Bill Lee refused clemency for Anthony Darrell Hines, keeping his execution.
Hines is paralyzed, convicted of the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jackson Jenkins.
His attorneys filed a motion for a restraining order to stop straightening his left arm.
Lee, urged by state senators to review lethal-injection drugs after the botched May 21 execution of Tony Carruthers, declined to pause executions while the state has not confirmed drug status or Dr. Fowler’s involvement.

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Bill Lee refused clemency for Anthony Darrell Hines, keeping his execution.
Hines is paralyzed, convicted of the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jackson Jenkins.
His attorneys filed a motion for a restraining order to stop straightening his left arm.
Lee, urged by state senators to review lethal-injection drugs after the botched May 21 execution of Tony Carruthers, declined to pause executions while the state has not confirmed drug status or Dr. Fowler’s involvement.