Tennessee death row inmate spared execution after medics fail to find vein for lethal injection — gets one-year reprieve
NY Post
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An attorney for Carruthers, sentenced to death in 1996 for murder, said medics struggled for more than an hour trying to find a vein, leaving her client "wincing and groaning" inside the death chamber.
- ‘Botched’ lethal injection earns Tennessee death row inmate reprieve Washington Examiner —
- 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 —