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PhotoNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican leaders in Tennessee, where the death penalty has been in place for 40 years, said on Wednesday they were moving to ban executions and electrocution for people sentenced to life in prison.In a letter to Gov. Bill Haslam, who has not backed the legislation, the sponsors of the legislation, Representative Bill Dunn and Senator Todd Gardenhire, said they had received new information from the Department of Correction and from corrections officers that showed both “the inaccuracy and immorality” of the procedures used in Tennessee to execute prisoners.“It is our hope that this