Execution called off for at least a year after staff 'unable to find vein'
Mirror
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Tennessee officials called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners tried and failed to find a vein
- ‘Botched’ lethal injection earns Tennessee death row inmate reprieve Washington Examiner —
- Tennessee death row inmate spared execution after medics fail to find vein for lethal injection — gets one-year reprieve NY 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 —
- Tennessee Halts Execution After Trying To Find Vein For An Hour Huffington Post —