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Forty Years of Waiting for Justice | Bristol Virginia News
Forty years after Catherine Jean Jenkins was brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room, her daughter Melissa is still waiting for justice — as her killer, Anthony Hines, faces execution despite mounting legal challenges and medical claims. Hines, convicted in 1986, is scheduled to die August 13, but his team argues his severe health issues and Tennessee’s flawed execution protocol make the death penalty unconstitutional. Governor Bill Lee stands by the state’s procedures, while Melissa’s pain remains raw — the agony of a decades-long wait for closure that no court or governor can erase…
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