The execution of Tony Carruthers was called off after medical officials struggled to locate a vein during the scheduled lethal injection procedure. Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered a one-year stay for Carruthers, who has been on death row for three decades after being convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1996.
The execution of Tony Carruthers was called off after medical officials struggled to locate a vein during the scheduled lethal injection procedure. Republican Tennessee Gov.
Bill Lee ordered a one-year stay for Carruthers, who has been on death row for three decades after being convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1996. An attorney representing Carruthers described the execution attempt as 'horrible' to watch and demanded state investigators to examine potentially exculpatory forensic evidence before proceeding with any future attempt
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