Steven Hale is an award-winning writer based in Nashville, Tennessee where he spent nearly ten years as a staff writer for the Nashville Scene.
His work has also appeared at The Washington Post, The Appeal and The Daily Beast.
His book Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber is forthcoming from Melville House.*
* (taken from Steven Hale's website, found at https://www.iamstevenhale.com/ )
In the video link above, listen to an interview recorded for the Nashville Demystified in 2019, in which Alex Steed talks with Steven Hale about Tennessee’s death penalty and his coverage of it.
Click the link below to find an article written by Radley Balko, in which you can read an excerpt from Steven Hale's recently-released book, focused on his witnessing experiences:
Book excerpt: Death Row Welcomes You, by Steven Hale
To purchase a copy of this compelling book, you can find it on Amazon, at this link: Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber: Hale, Steven: 9781612199283: Amazon.com: Books
Steven Hale has witnessed three executions as a media witness in Tennessee, including one lethal injection and two electrocutions. The three links below go to articles written by Steven Hale about each of the three executions that he witnessed, published in the Nashville Scene. On January 5, 2023, I sat down with Steven Hale to interview him about his experiences as a witness at these three executions.