Death row inmate chops off penis after asking for suicide watch
An unhinged Tennessee death row inmate used a hidden razor to lop off his penis after slitting his wrists and asking to be put on suicide watch, his lawyer said.
Prison staff refused to let him have the special package because he was one month shy of a required six months of clear conduct, his lawyer Kelley Henry told the Associated Press. The 1990 mugshot of Henry Eugene Hodges, who is on death row for the murder of a telephone repairman.Henry Eugene Hodges, who is on death row for a 1990 murder, has reportedly chopped off his penis with a hidden razor.But a “high-ranking” officer told the person treating Hodges that he was manipulating them and could be placed on suicide watch when he was back in his cell — where he later cut off his penis, Henry said.