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NASHVILLE - Death Row inmate Gary Cone has passed away at the age of 67.
He was pronounced dead at 9:38 AM on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at a Nashville hospital of natural causes.
Cone was convicted of armed robbery, assault with intent to murder and two counts of first degree murder.
He was sentenced to death in Shelby County in 1982.
He was sentenced to death in Shelby County in 1982.
After nearly 20 years on death row, William Stevens died Monday at the age of 60.
He was pronounced dead at 1:57 a.m. on April 4, 2016, at a Nashville hospital of natural causes, according to a release from the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
He was an inmate at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison here in Nashville.
Stevens was convicted of especially aggravated robbery and two counts of first degree murder for the 1997 deaths of his wife, 45-year-old Sandra Jean Stevens, and her mother, 75-year-old Myrtle Wilson.
Stevens was found guilty of hiring 18-year-old Corey Milliken to murder the two women and stage a burglary at their home.
He was sentenced to death in 1999. Milliken is serving a life sentence.
In 2002, the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld Stevens' death sentence, although one justice offered a dissenting opinion.
Tennessee has not executed anyone since 2009. The state set execution dates for 10 men in early 2014, but in April 2015 all executions were put on hold.
Tennessee has not executed anyone since 2009. The state set execution dates for 10 men in early 2014, but in April 2015 all executions were put on hold.
Sources: TNDOC, Nashville Scene, April 20, 2016
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