Execution called off in Tennessee over struggles to find backup vein
Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was a lot of blood, one of his attorneys said.
- ‘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 —