Steven Hale
@iamstevenhale.bsky.social
Nashville Banner criminal justice / public safety reporter. “Death Row Welcomes You” author. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676743/death-row-welcomes-you-by-steven-hale/
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Steven Hale
@iamstevenhale.bsky.social
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Death Row Welcomes You by Steven Hale: 9781612199283 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
"An eye-opening journey to a place that’s hard to access, rarely seen and shrouded by myths of monsters and abominations. ... Death Row Welcomes You demands that we not look away."- New York Times...
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Love to all new followers.
I work at the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social which you can subscribe to here: nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/
I wrote a book about life and death and community on TN’s death row: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676743...
I work at the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social which you can subscribe to here: nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/
I wrote a book about life and death and community on TN’s death row: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676743...
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Small town and suburban bars the week of thanksgiving have the most insane vibes—adults at home visiting parents and already going insane and sneaking out at night to drink. Weird and terrifying kinships form
November 22, 2023 at 1:18 AM
Small town and suburban bars the week of thanksgiving have the most insane vibes—adults at home visiting parents and already going insane and sneaking out at night to drink. Weird and terrifying kinships form
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After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
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”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
Do I try to explain the Nuzzi-Lizza situation to my in-laws at Thanksgiving dinner or do I just pass the stuffing and keep screaming in my own brain hmmmmmmm
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
”The thing is this wasn’t really a catch-and-kill operation as described—I don’t even think there’s a term for what this was,” I say as I pour gravy on my fourth slice of pumpkin pie. My wife has filed for divorce and one of my cats is packing her belongings in a suitcase, but I persist.
And no update on the bamboo either
this fuckin guy ...dropping allegations of journalistic malpractice and source betrayal in separate piece meal events like it’s delicious media gossip and then writing, “we haven’t reached the halfway point, and I haven’t yet described the most bizarre, consequential, and newsworthy events”
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And no update on the bamboo either
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Nashville contractors walk off of Music City Loop jobsite, citing months of nonpayment, safety concerns and attempted “poaching” of employees by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company.
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Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Nashville contractors walk off of Music City Loop jobsite, citing months of nonpayment, safety concerns and attempted “poaching” of employees by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Demetria and I were joking that this was the quickest greenlight to a two-word pitch: "Bird backpacks"
VIDEO: Since 2021, local scientists have been outfitting migratory birds with small transmitters that resemble backpacks, tracking their movements — sometimes over thousands of miles. One researcher calls the findings "amazing."
Nashville scientists track migrating birds with transmitters - Nashville Banner
Scientists from Warner Parks in Nashville are using bird backpacks outfitted with transmitters to expand their understanding of migration patterns and habits.
nashvillebanner.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Demetria and I were joking that this was the quickest greenlight to a two-word pitch: "Bird backpacks"
"Hey buddy I cried for three days after you went over. Not bad right? Pretty respectable." www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
Watertown, Massachusetts
This piece appears in my book We Had It Coming.
I am sitting in a waiting room right now none of us ever want to be inside of crying about an old friend I'm not entirely sure is even gone yet. The te...
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Hey buddy I cried for three days after you went over. Not bad right? Pretty respectable." www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
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Everyone reading that new Lizza post like Herzog listening to the bear attack recording
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Everyone reading that new Lizza post like Herzog listening to the bear attack recording
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Now that’s a headline www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solo...
The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul - Christianity Today
AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Now that’s a headline www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solo...
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social really admire your writing and posting, Luke. Thanks for sharing the link.
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social really admire your writing and posting, Luke. Thanks for sharing the link.
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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Meanwhile, Tennessee courts still cling to shaken baby testimony like it's gospel.
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Meanwhile, Tennessee courts still cling to shaken baby testimony like it's gospel.
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Woodbine’s Burrito Brigade held a vigil for their unhoused neighbors on Wednesday Night, ensuring their memory stays alive and that “no one leaves this life unnoticed.”
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
Burrito Brigade holds memorial for unhoused in Woodbine - Nashville Banner
A community vigil in Woodbine honors the unhoused who died in recent months. Volunteers known as the Burrito Brigade staged the event to honor their lives.
nashvillebanner.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Woodbine’s Burrito Brigade held a vigil for their unhoused neighbors on Wednesday Night, ensuring their memory stays alive and that “no one leaves this life unnoticed.”
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
I’ve loved reading @maxread.info for years and the truth is I decided I wanted to start paying for his newsletter earlier this year when he described its mission as “communicating ambivalence at great length.” I forget to do things I intend to do but now I’ve done it. Good blog.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I’ve loved reading @maxread.info for years and the truth is I decided I wanted to start paying for his newsletter earlier this year when he described its mission as “communicating ambivalence at great length.” I forget to do things I intend to do but now I’ve done it. Good blog.
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“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I really enjoyed this @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social blog.
How normal is a celebrity allowed to be? defector.com/how-normal-i...
How Normal Is A Celebrity Allowed To Be? | Defector
Elyse Myers is famous for being normal—32-year-old brunette, married with two kids, lives in Nebraska kind of normal. Her press often refers to her as “The Internet’s Best Friend.” In her four years…
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I really enjoyed this @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social blog.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As our editor likes to say, all of our work is free to access. None of it is free to produce.
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Tennessee’s three Episcopal bishops have released a joint statement on the death penalty. The state is set to execute Harold Nichols on Dec. 11.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tennessee’s three Episcopal bishops have released a joint statement on the death penalty. The state is set to execute Harold Nichols on Dec. 11.
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I wrote about the man Florida plans to kill tonight and how the death penalty impacts people in ways we might never imagine.
At 17, She Gave Up Her Son. Sixty Years Later, She Found Him on Death Row.
Richard Randolph, now Malik Abdul-Sajjad, is scheduled to die tonight. His biological mother will never get a chance to meet him.
theintercept.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I wrote about the man Florida plans to kill tonight and how the death penalty impacts people in ways we might never imagine.
New @nashvillebanner.bsky.social: Stranded after ICE operations, some immigrant families in Nashville are ‘self-deporting’ back to distressed and dangerous countries they once fled. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/20/i...
Nashville aide says struggle awaits self-deporting families - Nashville Banner
Nashville activists share stories about of immigrant families forced to self-deport as a result of ICE operations, advocacy efforts and community support.
nashvillebanner.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New @nashvillebanner.bsky.social: Stranded after ICE operations, some immigrant families in Nashville are ‘self-deporting’ back to distressed and dangerous countries they once fled. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/20/i...
My sister shares a picture of this chalk message she encountered on a run this morning in Asheville, where people are expecting increased ICE presence.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My sister shares a picture of this chalk message she encountered on a run this morning in Asheville, where people are expecting increased ICE presence.
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Certified public media, we have a tote, I repeat we have a tote for donors. Farmers markets engage @nashvillebanner.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Certified public media, we have a tote, I repeat we have a tote for donors. Farmers markets engage @nashvillebanner.bsky.social
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"If the day ever comes, and I pray it doesn't, but if the day ever comes that he falls off the peach truck, everybody in this town is going to say he was their hero, so I'd like to say it now." -Jason Isbell in 2016
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...
Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires - Play A Train Song (Todd Snider cover)
YouTube video by Music City Maven
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"If the day ever comes, and I pray it doesn't, but if the day ever comes that he falls off the peach truck, everybody in this town is going to say he was their hero, so I'd like to say it now." -Jason Isbell in 2016
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDe...