‘Botched’ lethal injection earns Tennessee death row inmate reprieve
Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) delayed the execution of Tony Carruthers by one year after the inmate experienced a “botched” execution on Thursday.
Executioners failed to find a vein to insert the mandatory backup IV line per Tennessee‘s lethal injection protocol.
Carruthers had been convicted of a triple murder in Memphis in 1994, though advocates had […]
- Tennessee death row inmate spared execution after medics fail to find vein for lethal injection — gets one-year reprieve NY Post —
- Tennessee Halts Execution After Trying To Find Vein For An Hour Huffington Post —
- Tony Carruthers’ lawyers ask for execution to be stopped, say corrections can’t find vein for IV line NBC News —
- Tennessee death row inmate's attorneys raise concerns over expired execution drugs Quartz —
- Execution called off in Tennessee over struggles to find backup vein USA Today —